Oh and to answer the charging question: the car indicates that it will take indeed something like 20 hours to fully charge from empty. That is why I did get a Leaf with DC Fast Charge. Cor.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 2:32 AM Cor van de Water <cor.vandewa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did the upgrade of a 2012 Leaf with 62kWh pack a few weeks ago. > You need a CAN bridge and a couple longer bolts due to the pack being > 40mm taller. > I did not put back the 2 belly pan plastic sheets under the battery > box, they no longer fit. > I *did* put back the front pan, between front axle and front lip of > the battery, which will also divert wind, sand and moisture away from > the battery. > Once you have the pack installed, you must charge fully to max to let > the CAN bridge and the car learn the new capacity. > I did not (yet) modify any suspension to carry the increased weight, > it just sits a lil lower. > Hope this helps! > Cor. > > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 5:27 PM Jay Summet via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Sounds like your Leaf has a 6.6 kw charger (27.5 amps at 240 volts, or > > 30amps at 220v) as opposed to the slower 3.3 kW charger. > > > > 62kwh / 6.6kh = 9.3 hours (If you are able to charge at the full rate > > the whole time, typically it starts to taper off around 85-90% charged.) > > > > [Of course, the entire 62 kWh is not completely available to the > > user...they keep buffers at both the top and bottom.] > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > On 4/10/22 12:50, Bob Bath via EV wrote: > > > I charge a 2013 LEAF 62 kWh upgrade with a J1772. Depleted, it’s about 5 > > > hrs. (32A, 220V), FWIW. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Bob Bath > > > 541.761.0838 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
