Possibly, it may use more than the charger supplies but I see you point. Still don't believe the effect will be a cooler battery.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Peri Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, I'm pretty sure that while in the garage the EV would be plugged=20 > in, thus drawing line current, not battery. > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Paul Dove via EV" <[email protected]> > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: 31-May-15 12:24:39 PM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Success! > >> Not to mention the fact that using a Battery heat it. Charging also=20 >> causes it to heat so using the battery while charging would beat the=20 >> battery even more. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 31, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]>= > =20 >>> wrote: >>> >>> My first comment: did they have a great EV grin ! >>> >>> On the A/C. I think running the A/C while in the garage would make=20 >>> things worse. Don't forget that the waste heat from the A/C dumps=20 >>> right back into the garage, so only the interior of the car would be=20 >>> cooler. Whether that means a net cooling or heating of the battery I=20 >>> don't know, but I can't imagine it being helpful overall. >>> >>> Does the Leaf model they bought have battery thermal control? If so,= > =20 >>> keeping that running would help, right, even though you would dump a=20 >>> bit more heat into the garage. >>> >>> Third, even a window-mount A/C unit could have an effect on keeping=20 >>> the garage cooler. >>> >>> Other things that could help the garage temperature. Insulate the=20 >>> space. Install fan ventilation - at least that will prevent it from=20 >>> getting hotter inside than out. Put a highly reflective coating on=20 >>> the roof to reflect more sunlight. Sigh, all of these things cost=20 >>> money... >>> >>> Peri >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Ben Goren via EV" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 31-May-15 12:03:27 PM >>> Subject: [EVDL] Success! >>> >>>> So, Dad just drove Mom home in a 2013 Leaf. ~12k miles, California=20 >>>> vehicle; couldn't tell it from new. There was one bar missing from=20 >>>> the charge gauge; the numeric meter read, "98%." >>>> >>>> Everybody's excited. It should be well and truly perfect for them. >>>> >>>> One thought I had that I'm hoping somebody might be able to shed=20 >>>> some insight into...they'll be keeping the car in the garage, but the= > =20 >>>> garage isn't climate controlled. It probably won't quite get to=20 >>>> today's forecasted high of 108=C2=B0F inside the garage, but it'll=20 >>>> definitely get rather toasty. >>>> >>>> What are the chances that the car will let you run the air=20 >>>> conditioning while it's plugged in with nobody inside? Would that=20 >>>> actually do anything to make the batteries happier? >>>> >>>> b& >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >>>> Name: signature.asc >>>> Type: application/pgp-signature >>>> Size: 801 bytes >>>> Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail >>>> URL:=20 >>>> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150531/255b= > e410/attachment.pgp> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>>> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA=20 >>>> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA=20 >>> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA=20 >> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
