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Post by markrmarkr on Dec 24, 2018 11:59:16 GMT 11
Picton is really the one I am sweating on. It will make it easy to get in and out of the city, and all the way to Mittagong.
Another good one is Brooklyn, but it may be a way off.
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Post by Feng on Jul 29, 2019 14:58:05 GMT 11
Hoping to do this trip in the coming weeks. Thought about going out as far as Parkes but settling with having a late lunch with a friend at Orange instead. Visiting three NRMA fast chargers in a day, fast charging around five times. Curious to know how warm the battery will get but the cold weather there should hopefully help. Attachments:
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Post by markrmarkr on Jul 29, 2019 19:15:21 GMT 11
Presumably you mean to FC at Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange, Bathurst, Lithgow. So your planning to do this after the Lithgow FC is commissioned. Have you factored in the Altitude increase from Penrith to Fairmont? Here is a tool which I have found useful in working out this sort of trip. www.ecalc.ch/evcalc.phpYou can have hours of fun with it, but the main information it needs is the battery degradation (which you can get from Leafspy). Cheers, Mark
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Post by Feng on Jul 29, 2019 20:06:26 GMT 11
Thanks Mark, I'll have a play with that site. It looks a lot more comprehensive compared to Carwings. I'm told you can drive from Katoomba to Bathurst on a full charge but I don't want to be stuck in Katoomba for hours. The last time I did it I charged at Penrith Nissan over breakfast and left with just over 80% charge. Since the station in their car park is out of order I plan to do a full charge at Parra Westfield instead. If I struggle I might try to find Jeff in Wentworth Falls who is (was?) on here but now owns an i3.
Funny to think the fastest way back to Sydney from Katoomba is via Lithgow now.
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Post by markrmarkr on Jul 29, 2019 21:38:39 GMT 11
Charging at Penrith, a better option is Supercheap Auto. There are Two Tesla Destination chargers, so you would need an Type-2 to Type-1 adaptor. Do you have one?
Also,
Looking on plugshare Lithgow seems to be ready to go. Are you planning to be the first Matt?
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Post by Feng on Jul 30, 2019 2:55:16 GMT 11
Haven't got an adapter yet, it's on my wishlist. It would be nice to be the first but I'm pretty sure someone else will beat me to it.
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Post by coulomb on Jul 30, 2019 12:40:16 GMT 11
There are Two Tesla Destination chargers, so you would need an Type-2 to Type-1 adaptor. I have a type 2 to type 1 cable, but not an adapter (short thing, no cord). I can't charge at Tesla destination chargers, since the plastic on the type 2 end of my cord is too long. I could cut it short by 11 mm as I've seen others suggest, but I worry that then it won't lock into real type 2 EVSEs, making charges from those less secure (in the sense of the cord being stolen, but also in the sense of making a reliable, low resistance electrical connection). I've been searching for a type 2 to type 1 adapter from Ali Express, with no luck so far. There are plenty of type 1 to type 2 adapters (which would be useful if e.g. if I had a Zoe and wanted to charge slowly from a J1772 EVSE with a supplied cable). I'd rather not pay top dollar for something I'd rarely use, and I'd prefer not to use even a 1 metre corded extension cable, since I'd be defeating a protection and adding more bulk to carry around, and more electrical loss (albeit very small). The other reason for not wanting to pay top dollar for an adapter is that the signalling issue (legacy mode dip switches and all that) mean than my investment may not work at every Tesla site anyway. I wish that Tesla destination chargers were BYO cord (just a type 2 socket, no tethered cable). Then the same cable could be used for Tesla destination and other type 2 EVSEs, and there would be no security issues. But that doesn't help the many already-installed destination "chargers".
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Post by EVangelist on Jul 31, 2019 19:31:18 GMT 11
I wish that Tesla destination chargers were BYO cord (just a type 2 socket, no tethered cable). Then the same cable could be used for Tesla destination and other type 2 EVSEs, and there would be no security issues. But that doesn't help the many already-installed destination "chargers". Well, that would defeat one of Tesla’s selling points. You might not like it, but they invested in the network of Super and Destination chargers, so I can’t really argue against them being intended to be usable only by Teslas (notwithstanding that with the right adaptor and legacy mode, other BEVs can use Tesla Destination chargers).
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Post by jcan on Jul 31, 2019 20:28:32 GMT 11
Hey Feng, I'm never too far from this forum lol. I've still got a cable from my old Leaf type 2 to type 1 that lets you charge at the Tesla destination chargers... Penrith SCA and the sort. Type 1 charger cars seem to work with every single Tesla destination charger I've ever visited. If you ever change your car to type 2 charging that's when the Tesla destination chargers stop working. Just take your time and take the 11mm off the end and you'll be fine. For the limited number of type one cars out there I don't think Tesla are too concerned.
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Post by Feng on Aug 5, 2019 15:06:40 GMT 11
We made it all the way to Millthorpe to visit a friend on the weekend (and her newly acquired Thermomix, but that's a different story!). We got as far as using the Bathurst fast charger and skipped Orange since it wasn't necessary. When we arrived at Bathurst we met another Leaf owner. After an enthusiastic greeting we learned that Lindsay is a local who likes to drive Uber for fun. We had a good chat while waiting for my car to recharge and exchanged contact details before setting off. The only thing that went wrong was the last leg from Lithgow back to Sydney: I foolishly set the satnav to use the shortest route home and it ended up using Bells Line of Road. Two hours of windy mountainous roads later we had to stop by the Olympic Park FC before we could make it home. I'm glad my partner was okay with that mistake. I think she enjoyed playing the hypermiling game but we were also wary of the GOM bouncing around depending on which stretch we were on. 500km of driving in a day and we didn't have to pay a cent. It was pretty cool, I look forward to doing it again. The country roads out west are beautful and I recommend any Sydneysiders to give it a try. Maybe we can do a group thing one day depending on interest.
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Post by Feng on Aug 5, 2019 15:11:04 GMT 11
Hey Feng, I'm never too far from this forum lol. I've still got a cable from my old Leaf type 2 to type 1 that lets you charge at the Tesla destination chargers... Thanks for the offer Jeff, fortunately we were able to make it from Parra and didn't need to charge at any type 2 sites.
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Post by jin on Aug 5, 2019 21:57:09 GMT 11
I am amazed you were able to charge at Westfield Parra, every single time I go there it's always iced. Every bay.
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Post by Feng on Aug 6, 2019 10:48:39 GMT 11
We got there at 8am and the car park was mostly empty. By the time we left shortly after 9am it was mostly full.
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Post by chuq on Aug 19, 2019 20:33:30 GMT 11
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Post by alison on May 14, 2020 10:40:09 GMT 11
Right, well they completely missed that deadline, but it is now active - tested this morning.
Note that it did two Err 22 messages on the chademo before I decided to turn the car off completely, then it worked fine. Can't remember if this is usual behaviour.
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Post by coulomb on Feb 25, 2022 15:02:11 GMT 11
This post moved to a new thread here.
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Post by EVangelist on Feb 28, 2022 20:41:26 GMT 11
It seems that there are type 2 to type 1 adapters now. But they don't seem to come with a button/clip/catch, so I guess that they just push in. That works fine for my type 1 to type 2 adapter (I'm still using a J1772 EVSE to charge my type 2 MG ZS EV), because the type 2 socket is pretty large, but J1772 sockets are much smaller. So I worry that the weight of the cable and connectors will make these adapters unusable without the clip to hold it in. Has anyone used one of these adapters to charge their early Leafs? I note that most of the ones advertised don't show the top side of the J1772 plug, where the button and clip should be; the photo below is a rare one that does: I hope the image (from Ebay) doesn't get deleted too soon. I have the opposite adaptor of one of these - a J-1172 socket to Type 2 plug, so that I could charge my Tesla off a tethered J-1772 charger if the need ever arose. But I’ve never used it, because all the DCFCs have CCS2 connectors on them, and for public AC chargers, J1772 is rapidly disappearing. Since I never drive the LEAF beyond the edges of the Sydney metro area, and always charge it at home, I figure I’d never need one of these.
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