Megunticook
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I bought a Leaf in 2019 and have been using the Nissan-supplied level 2 charger which is mounted in a shed and supplied with a 40A 240V dedicated circuit. Works great so far.
My house has a grid-tied rooftop solar system with battery backup. I've never tried charging when the grid is down but thinking I should get set to make that possible. At solar noon I can produce as much as 6.4 kW (will be 7.2 after I install another string this spring). The battery bank is modest--pulling it down to 50% capacity would yield only about 10kWh so not nearly enough to charge the car fully. So am thinking I would just want to charge for a couple hours around the middle of the day.
My understanding is the Leaf will draw no more than 6.7kW when charging, or about 28 amps at 240V. My system can handle that (inverter maxes out at 33 amps) but wondering about getting a charger that allows you to step the charging current down which would probably work better for me when solar charging. The Grizzl-e seems like a great choice (16A, 24A, 32A, 40A). Anybody use this charger?
Anybody out there charging off a solar system that could offer any real-world advice?
I plan to continue using the grid to charge the car for the most part, I just don't want to be caught with my pants down then the grid goes black. And at some point if we lose net metering then I may go completely off grid.
Thanks for any advice.
My house has a grid-tied rooftop solar system with battery backup. I've never tried charging when the grid is down but thinking I should get set to make that possible. At solar noon I can produce as much as 6.4 kW (will be 7.2 after I install another string this spring). The battery bank is modest--pulling it down to 50% capacity would yield only about 10kWh so not nearly enough to charge the car fully. So am thinking I would just want to charge for a couple hours around the middle of the day.
My understanding is the Leaf will draw no more than 6.7kW when charging, or about 28 amps at 240V. My system can handle that (inverter maxes out at 33 amps) but wondering about getting a charger that allows you to step the charging current down which would probably work better for me when solar charging. The Grizzl-e seems like a great choice (16A, 24A, 32A, 40A). Anybody use this charger?
Anybody out there charging off a solar system that could offer any real-world advice?
I plan to continue using the grid to charge the car for the most part, I just don't want to be caught with my pants down then the grid goes black. And at some point if we lose net metering then I may go completely off grid.
Thanks for any advice.