Lawrence,
Is this a 30kWh leaf?
We've seen that they will accept charge much faster than the 24kWh leaves,
maintaining 50kW for most of the charge to 80%. This will put a lot more I^2R
heating into the battery than charging slower. The 24kWh cars average under
25kW for a charge to 80%.
How
] On Behalf Of Lawrence Rhodes via EV
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 2:46 PM
To: ev@lists.evdl.org; ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org
Subject: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack overheating due to depth of discharge.
After driving 135 miles down to 13% charging back up to 85% caused the pack to
go from 6 bars to 9
After driving 135 miles down to 13% charging back up to 85% caused the pack to
go from 6 bars to 9. Today the plan is to try to stay above 50%. So far so
good. The pack hasn't exceeded 6 bars. This is in hotter temperature than
yesterday. So ambient temperature doesn't seem a big factor. It
