Canadian CHAdeMO charging

[RiverBrick]

On the eve of my trip and “shortly”, “in the coming days”, and “soon” have failed to transform into “presently”. I’ll be having a very long lunch.

They were waiting until it was too late for you. . Only three of the sites in the press release are considered open, though, and one is listed as out of service for now.

Nova Scotia Power and Emera unveil province’s first electric vehicle fast-charging network | Nova Scotia Power

 

[Peter_M]

Excellent. We'll be driving to NB & NS starting July 8, doing the Halifax - Cape Breton drive on the 17th. It looks like the stations we need for that are open (Stellarton with Monastery as a backup). And we're hoping to use the North Sydney and Baddeck stations about a week later. I'd like to see them all change to active on plugshare.com and show up on flo.ca to confirm that they are live...

 

[rypalmer]

For anyone looking to take advantage of the new fast charging networks in NB and NS, DM me if you'd like to borrow my CHAdeMO adaptor!

 

[Gwgan]

They were waiting until it was too late for you. . Only three of the sites in the press release are considered open, though, and one is listed as out of service for now.

Nova Scotia Power and Emera unveil province’s first electric vehicle fast-charging network | Nova Scotia Power

Just landed in NL. The North Sydney charger will mean I can take the more scenic route to Halifax on the way back so I will get a a chance to experience faster traveling through NS.

BTW, the first chademo charger we used was in Lepreau NB and I needed to call service to get it rebooted to finish charging. I told several people that we would typically charge for 30 min but the reality is we were there almost 2 hours.

 

[rypalmer]

I told several people that we would typically charge for 30 min but the reality is we were there almost 2 hours.

Yup that happens. In practice, CHAdeMO charging is about 1/3 the speed of Supercharging.

 

[Gwgan]

Yup that happens. In practice, CHAdeMO charging is about 1/3 the speed of Supercharging.

The extended time was because the charging failed and it’s took a while to get it going again. A more honest answer is probably closer to an hour—will have some real experiences when I head back west next week.

 

[MarcoRP]

Excellent. We'll be driving to NB & NS starting July 8, doing the Halifax - Cape Breton drive on the 17th. It looks like the stations we need for that are open (Stellarton with Monastery as a backup). And we're hoping to use the North Sydney and Baddeck stations about a week later. I'd like to see them all change to active on plugshare.com and show up on flo.ca to confirm that they are live...

You should be able to base yourself on this calendar on PlugShare

 

[RiverBrick]

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You should be able to base yourself on this calendar on PlugShare

Plugshare translating "tip" in this context as "pourboire" . (Pourboire = a tip for a server).

Someone pointed out to me that there is also a mistranslation of Shelburne's location. Instead of in NS the unit shows up close to Antartica.

Flo's map:

 

[Peter_M]

You should be able to base yourself on this calendar on PlugShare

Thanks, I've been keeping an eye on the checkins on Plugshare for the stations I'm planning to use. Ideally I'll see some actual successful charges before I get there.

 

[MarcoRP]

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Plugshare translating "tip" in this context as "pourboire" . (Pourboire = a tip for a server).

Je peux comprendre le français aussi!

 

[Dakkor]

God. Please someone tell Plugshare that they should fire their translator....

 

[MarcoRP]

God. Please someone tell Plugshare that they should fire their translator....

That would mean firing Google...

 

[MarcoRP]

Another more precise now...

 

[Amferrous]

Has anyone with the new Model 3 software update that came out yesterday had a chance to test if their CHAdeMO adapter works with the Model 3 yet? Fingers crossed it might be a silent inclusion!

 

[MarcoRP]

Who wants to win a FREE home charger?

 

[Vawlkus]

Now THAT is tempting.

 

[RiverBrick]

All twelve of the new DCFC in Nova Scotia show up as open on the FLO map.

 

[RiverBrick]

BTW, the first chademo charger we used was in Lepreau NB and I needed to call service to get it rebooted to finish charging. I told several people that we would typically charge for 30 min but the reality is we were there almost 2 hours.

Murphy's law. 1) That station seems to be the one problematic one in NB. 2) The one site out of 19 they haven't gotten installed yet (between St. Jean and Moncton) would have been close enough to allow you to cut short the stay at the unreliable station.

 

[Peter_M]

All twelve of the new DCFC in Nova Scotia show up as open on the FLO map.

Yes but according to plugshare.com, 4 of the 5 that I plan to use (Stellarton, Monastery, Baddeck, North Sydney) are only L2 6.6kW at this point. If they stay that way, I'll have to use Sun Country Highway 80A or 90A stations instead. Still hoping they fix the L3 units soon!

 

[MarcoRP]

Exception: Liverpool where the station is yellow.

Means offline