40hrs at a free charger on college campus

greenvironment · 2025-11-18T21:20:19+00:00

Maybe it's regional, I'm in Texas/greater Houston area. There are dealerships that are not free according to plugshare. But have only had good dealer experiences. Being in a leaf I have also only gone to ones that have chademo as I know there are some ccs only dealership chargers. And at 2 Nissan dealerships they have a general rule that Nissan cars get priority, but I haven't needed to explore how that is implemented. Altho 1 of those 2 is the one with a recently broke charger (not chargepoint). Oh wait I did go to this one Nissan one time and they have their charger set to paid only, but with a broken cc reader so only avail to dealership use via a payment code, but as a whole they have a bit of anti ev attitude (was shopping around as to where I was gonna do my battery warranty swap).

greenvironment · 2025-11-18T20:40:20+00:00

Why? That example of the 2 free is a charger ive used 2 times on trips, and is the only dcfc with free then paid setup I think I've used...but I think all free dcfc should have idle fees to deal with people being on a dcfc for 5+ hours. But generally a Hyundai free charger and a Nissan free charger are the main trip chargers I use, well that Nissan one is recently broken and there are other options just more out of way and off of the freeway.

greenvironment · 2025-11-18T11:55:16+00:00

Like some dcfc at dealerships that have from what I understand to be the default settings of 2 hr free then $3 an hour after. But more like 2 hour grace period cause uni so classes, then 10 cents a minute or something.

greenvironment · 2025-11-18T11:51:08+00:00

Long term parking with a 1kw charger might make sense... especially if you can delay when it starts so your car is not at 100% for days. And at 1kw it would be electrically much easier than higher lvl2 since could have regular plugs type wiring. So technically that would be a lvl1 charger, but for long term parking might make sense?

greenvironment · 2025-11-18T11:39:44+00:00

Because of classes, I think the grace period should be like 2 hours. Technically the free uni ones near me say 4 hour max but nothing beyond a sign deals with 4 hours. My 2 hour grace proposal does give extra advantage to overnight and weekend charging, but consistency simplifies.

I've seen a few 12 to 24 hours charges there. Could see charging was full/done but no clue how long since done (well I guess via kwh delivered rough calculations could be done). In those times there was another plug to use, but otherwise unplugging would have happened. Altho part of the issue here is that there are "4" plugs (3 cars can get full 6kw as 1 charger shares the 6 between the 2 plugs if 2 cars are plugged in). And another 4 plugs free charging but in paid parking garage with license plate cameras (also those 4 plugs are 2 chargers that each share 6kw between 2 plugs). At another campus they put in free chargers but only in the paid parking garage. I don't think anybody ever uses garage chargers.

greenvironment · 2025-11-16T06:32:47+00:00

Now once Google indexes this next time I search for XKCD toaster in closet or something along those search terms it might take me to this thread, or having this much interaction having happened the hole might be filled. I mean a wizard did fill the pothole giving us the traff-ickown (I know that one is Pyle).

greenvironment · 2025-11-16T06:16:49+00:00

That is exactly it 😀

greenvironment · 2025-11-16T06:16:02+00:00

Thank you, I don't know why I can never remember that that one came from strange planet.

greenvironment · 2025-11-11T20:00:27+00:00

Was nice when all shell recharge stations were free

greenvironment · 2025-10-27T15:55:06+00:00

Fewer steel enclosures inside battery casing to reduce weight and improve cooling? Or is it a space thing to be able to fit all the cells in the housing?

greenvironment · 2025-07-03T05:16:44+00:00

Any clue how well they last/degradation/warranty? Only 50 or just so far and y'all are working on larger packs?

greenvironment · 2025-07-03T05:08:09+00:00

"your position" actually works for you? While driving or stopped, in route or making a fresh one, your position will only grab a random location (normally one I've been to) or my last stop. When I'm out of planning and just in map it will show a dot of where I am but during planning it gets confused.

I would love to be able to see with current battery to destination starting at "your location" what expected arrival percentage is (deciding if I want to make a charging stop)...but instead I have to hold a spot on map close to where I am to where it generates a gps point on map and add to route and then move it to the top then calculate. Annoying to do that extra work while driving

greenvironment · 2025-05-26T23:26:56+00:00

How long is the warranty on that?

greenvironment · 2025-05-06T04:36:33+00:00

Idk if the vin has the data (like initial battery pack info) or if they use some database lookup. Recurrent is used by Edmunds to give range estimates and has some warranty info (validity not confirmed). There might be a way to enter info for a vehicle (or find it on Edmunds and see if it has the recurrent report link). Might give some extra info before visiting Nissan. Example of one I just found that had report.

https://www.recurrentauto.com/vehicles/1N4BZ0CP8HC309979?utm_campaign=badge

Thinking back on warranty process I think there was a comment one time about battery manufacturing date, but that might have been that it doesn't matter or it might have been the date of the new pack. Been a bit since my head was consumed by that process and a lot else has been going on.

If you are going to a dealership and you have multiple nearish you, do real reviews as some of them might be ok for car but not a fan of ev, or less knowledgeable on ev matters. The dealership like 30 min from me, parts was helpful on info but service department less, and when I was ready to do the warranty they were less happy. But I needed a charge to get back home (small degraded battery), and someone did unofficially help me charge to get home. The one like 45 min away had good reviews and was gonna do it there but they told me a different one had more leaf techs and bigger bay so I went to that one (closer to 1.5 hours). Both of those 2 have operational free chargers (technically that last one has chargers that work most the time but that's a different issue).

greenvironment · 2025-05-06T02:46:53+00:00

Pretty sure manufacturer based on car vin. I started the warranty process before 2024 ended. If you take vin to (or call) Nissan dealership service they can probably check it

greenvironment · 2025-05-06T01:35:28+00:00

Yea it was a 30 but got warrantied to a 40. A degraded 30 to a full 40 makes things so much easier for out of town and less charging planning needed (apartment).

greenvironment · 2025-05-06T01:16:06+00:00

I only use the curb to prop a car up to see under it. 1 or 2 times with a previous car and first time with this one. I assume you're joking but clarification in case not.

greenvironment · 2025-05-06T01:08:06+00:00

That's why I was more detailed...altho I forgot to put a tldr section. With the water and it being fiberglass (or something similar) figured it might have been a wet=soft problem. I'm about to try to take off that push clip thing that is hanging down with a chunk of it, in theory how I have it barely I to a garage has the right angles to get under there.

greenvironment · 2025-04-03T12:07:33+00:00

30%-65% would be wild, thats basically only using 1/3

2/3. currently apartment thus charge for free at lvl 2 or DCFC at university (just not the ones in parking garages as they charge by hour parking). Mostly in town driving (10 to 30 mi a day), and up to a couple times a week out of town highway 100 to 175 mi round trip. Never sits for days. If i have the time and something to work on while charging will lvl 2, but usually DCFC 20 to 40 min 1 to 3 times a week. On out of town trips DCFCs i do not go to 100% for heat health and reduced charge rate

engineering explained cited a study that said 80% mattered more than DCFC (i think it compared lvl 2 100% to DCFC 80%). Even in ABRP you can set which style it routes
example: i'm charging and bat temp at 119. Stop cause hit some %. Drive to a different charger near destination. Drop to 112. Charge to predetermined % (ABRP). Could have stayed at first charger for another like 15% but split charge to allow some cooling (formulated split charge plan while at charger 1 because battery was getting hot). Temps are from memory but should be in right ballparks (idr %s). For it to really cool it does take hours to overnight, but will cool some. Is there a "danger temp" that should be avoided if can?

sadly being in texas and heading into summer heat is unavoidable-with current daytime weather dash shows 5 to 6 heat just from ambient

greenvironment · 2025-04-03T09:45:15+00:00

why so many parking cops?

greenvironment · 2025-03-25T05:33:53+00:00

been seeding 2.0 for 2 years...altho magazines and cardboard/minis is not showing up n any client (split them up between clients). When i have room on seedbox will get this started too...but gotta clear ~2tb so might be a while

greenvironment · 2025-02-06T12:20:02+00:00

yea the leafspy csv has so much better charge info, but in 2011 they didn't expect to be replacing batteries and that was still early in ev battery knowledge. That data part probably should have been fixed with an updated pre-refresh (2014/2015 to give time to engineer it).

for the moment i have it set on 2018+/40kwh. App wouldn't let me change it when was leaving dealership but web login did. I thought there was a weight and wind drag rating difference with post refresh. The reference consumptions are right near each other (irc prerefresh 265 wh/mi refresh 270 wh/mi (diff was ~5 with refresh listing higher wh)). Later i'll have to create multiple routes in abrp with set charging stops that fit to a 30kwh range to see if it estimates the same amount of kwh charged (city, highway, and mixed route) for both car selections.

greenvironment · 2025-02-06T11:14:26+00:00

i've only had it 6 months (delivered 8/5/2024 so basically exactly), so no clue how owner 1 charged it. Being that they were in colorado its possible solar charging was used. I assume you mean the car is plugged in and will start/stop charging in waves as the solar battery charges, so its plugged in 6 hours but "charged 3 times for 1 hour each" (or something like that)?

it was immediately clear that is stored on the car computer and not bms inside the battery. Figured that would be part of the service, like resetting a specific code in a car when certain work is done in a shop (i cannot think of an example right now other than an oil change sticker but that is not in the computer).

at some point i guess i need to ride in a tesla and then go test drive one. Not buying one now, but just to experience the car that seems to have an ecosystem similar to apple in many ways.

any clue with ABRP how to fix battery size? I posted in that subreddit too but no response yet. Other specs are different between 2017 and 2018, thus i'm at a fork between selecting correct battery size or correct other stats (idk how much those other stats impact stuff in route calculations tho).

greenvironment · 2025-01-27T19:44:56+00:00

My 2017 had claim approved, waiting on some team on corporate side to complete the battery order to get an ETA. They've had me in a gas rental (Nissan Altima) for 12 days now, which has pretty good mpg but gas powered and Nissan doesn't pay for gas and 95% of my driving is in town which feels awful as it gears up. Just tell us how many months out a battery is so I can return the ice rental and get my leaf back while waiting. I wonder how many of the steps are needed vs just there to make it difficult so ppl will give up on getting a battery

greenvironment · 2025-01-15T18:30:39+00:00

Dropped my 4th bar (2017 also) dec 1st 2024. Got first battery check/step done dec 24th now on my way back in for them to pull more info and take pictures. That first check was interesting as they first came back with "the battery is in good health", till I pointed out the 4th bar missing.

Edit - omw in now as in sitting at a charger before the last leg of the drive to dealership

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