I initially ordered my MY on Jan 22 2023 as an LR, but flipped to a MYP on Feb 5th, when it became eligible for the EV rebate.
My sister ordered a MYLR on Jan 24 2023 and stuck with it.
Because I also ordered the mobile charger, I have been using that in my garage to charge. Only two instances of charging elsewhere, both at superchargers.
They initially charged at work, but have since incorporated home charging with a mobile charger too. But they don’t park inside their garage.
Even though I work at the same place, I can’t use the charger because I do deliveries. So I’m never sitting long enough to make use of it.
Last night we both charged at home. I got some 20 kWh worth of charge over 16-17 hours, but they only got 1 over 12 hours they could charge. Temperatures should’ve been about the same -9f (I think), though they’re closer to the lake (about 1/2 mile) and I’m about 4 miles from the lake.
I’m pretty confident it was because they parked outside and I parked inside. Also because I drive most of the evening and they don’t. As soon as I got home, it showed a heating icon on my phone widget, which I assume means heating the battery. But after about two hours it added 1 kWh. So it didn’t seem like it needed to take too long.
My guess and what I told my brother-in-law when he brought this up is because his battery started colder and took a long time to warm up due to parking outside.
I advised him to move it into the garage or drive to heat up the battery. But after thinking about it, driving isn’t really usable since we don’t know how long it would take.
So yeah... us Level 1 chargers need a garage or something. I’m gonna advise him to setup the home charger they bought, but never used, if they want to charge outside at home. Assuming they didn't return it.
They have an attached garage and I believe a decent size main breaker. I have a detached garage and a 100 amp main breaker, meaning I have more to do to get a level 2 charger going.
My sister ordered a MYLR on Jan 24 2023 and stuck with it.
Because I also ordered the mobile charger, I have been using that in my garage to charge. Only two instances of charging elsewhere, both at superchargers.
They initially charged at work, but have since incorporated home charging with a mobile charger too. But they don’t park inside their garage.
Even though I work at the same place, I can’t use the charger because I do deliveries. So I’m never sitting long enough to make use of it.
Last night we both charged at home. I got some 20 kWh worth of charge over 16-17 hours, but they only got 1 over 12 hours they could charge. Temperatures should’ve been about the same -9f (I think), though they’re closer to the lake (about 1/2 mile) and I’m about 4 miles from the lake.
I’m pretty confident it was because they parked outside and I parked inside. Also because I drive most of the evening and they don’t. As soon as I got home, it showed a heating icon on my phone widget, which I assume means heating the battery. But after about two hours it added 1 kWh. So it didn’t seem like it needed to take too long.
My guess and what I told my brother-in-law when he brought this up is because his battery started colder and took a long time to warm up due to parking outside.
I advised him to move it into the garage or drive to heat up the battery. But after thinking about it, driving isn’t really usable since we don’t know how long it would take.
So yeah... us Level 1 chargers need a garage or something. I’m gonna advise him to setup the home charger they bought, but never used, if they want to charge outside at home. Assuming they didn't return it.
They have an attached garage and I believe a decent size main breaker. I have a detached garage and a 100 amp main breaker, meaning I have more to do to get a level 2 charger going.
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