EV 5 amp/10 amp charger, July 10, 2021

So my Amazon purchased 5 amp/10 amp charger finally arrived from China direct after 3 weeks. No complaints or knocks on China, seems to be a good product & does what it is supposed to do. So far I have only used it to charge on 10 amps & it really cuts down my charge time. Charging with my 3 amp charger could take 11 hours for a similar charge level – this one takes about 3.5 hours.

The interesting part is trying to see what charge level the battery settles to after a couple of days of having been charged to its theoretical maximum (82 V or slightly higher). The batteries are all used Nissan Leaf Gen 1 versions so there’s a known decrease in performance in higher heat days and a noticeable increase in performance on cooler days.

10 amp charger in action, set on a brick to help keep ground level dust out of the cooling fan
Cleverly disguised as an on/off switch this is actually a low / high charge rate switch. low charge rate (5 amps) is on the left and high charge rate (10 amps is on the right.