Charge at Nissan Dealership?

[rick325]

Has anybody tried to charge at a Nissan dealership outfitted with J1772 for their Leaf's? Curious what the success rate has been.

 

[dhrivnak]

Excellent success rate and there are several other threads on this. Also many Chevy dealers have public chargers.

 

[jerry33]

Two threads here and here

 

[rick325]

Two threads here and here

Thanks!

 

[Puyallup Bill]

A bit OT, but I didn't want to start a new thread.

I have a LEAF and I have had the Nissan supplied J1772 EVSE upgraded to operate with 240 volts. It should be fine to charge the Model S with the J1772 adapter, but wondering if anyone has done so.

 

[jomo25]

I have the Volt, but also have the upgraded Leaf EVSE. I would assume it would work, but not sure if it would automatically limit itself to 16A. I dont think its rated for higher. So, at worst, you'd need to set the MS to draw only 16A.

Though not sure why you'd want to use it, unless you were forced, somehow.

 

[woof]

I have had the Nissan supplied J1772 EVSE upgraded to operate with 240 volts. It should be fine to charge the Model S with the J1772 adapter, but wondering if anyone has done so.

I have done so. Works fine. Draws 30A.

 

[Puyallup Bill]

I have the Volt, but also have the upgraded Leaf EVSE. I would assume it would work, but not sure if it would automatically limit itself to 16A. I dont think its rated for higher. So, at worst, you'd need to set the MS to draw only 16A.

Though not sure why you'd want to use it, unless you were forced, somehow.

Thanks. Well, that is it - I am sort of forced. I rent, the garage has no provisions for a 14-50 plug, and management is not interested in adding such even if I foot the bill. Charging the S is going to be a challenge.

When I had my LEAF EVSE upgraded, I opted to leave it at 12 Amps, as that is all my garage will comfortably support.

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I have done so. Works fine. Draws 30A.

Thanks for the reply, but I wonder if we are talking about the same EVSE.

I am asking about the EVSE that comes with the LEAF - the brick, and what Nissan calls the trickle charger. Perhaps you are referring to the wall mounted AeroVironment EVSE that Nissan recommends?

 

[spleen]

The evseupgrade.com version of the Nissan supplied EVSE should supply 12 or 16 amps depending on which version you got. Not sure if the Model S will throw an error though since it may try to pull more. I suspect not though since J1772 plugs in the wild come in different amperage supplies and I would think that Tesla would set it such that it automatically goes down to available current. However, as previously mentioned, in worst case, you could just set the Tesla to only draw 12 amps to match the EVSE.