[McRat]

For those with 40 amp or better chargers that will display charging amps, what peak amps are you seeing?
I'm seeing 30.8 amps peak with a Juicebox 32 Pro, and wondering if I screwed up buying the 32 which was on sale?
Will a 40 amp charger hit over 32 amps? My 40 amp Juicebox 40 (gen 1) does not report amps.

 

[Dantrium]

For those with 40 amp or better chargers that will display charging amps, what peak amps are you seeing?
I'm seeing 30.8 amps peak with a Juicebox 32 Pro, and wondering if I screwed up buying the 32 which was on sale?
Will a 40 amp charger hit over 32 amps? My 40 amp Juicebox 40 (gen 1) does not report amps.

Where does it display it?

 

[sciencegeek]

It seems it should show you the Watts?

 

[Meldev##44]

30.8 amps sounds good to me.

Max current dictated by onboard charger.

240 v x 30.8 a.= 7,392 watts.
:smile2:

Higher amp wall charger won't get any more power do to I-pace low charge rate. ~7kW.:frown2:

Some new EVs have higher power onboard chargers eg. 11 kW.

 

[McRat]

The Juicebox Pro's show amps and volts on your cellphone app.
I saved a little going with the 32a, but the main thing is I wanted a thinner cable. Nope, it's the same massive cable you find on the JB 40. It's probably the thickest L2 cable in existence. And it's HEAVY. It's thicker than many "commercial" cables found at remote charging sites.

The 24' cable does not touch the ground, and doesn't need to be unwrapped to plug car in when garaged. But will reach all the way across the driveway JIC.

 

[Sbingham60]

30.8 amps sounds good to me.

Max current dictated by onboard charger.

240 v x 30.8 a.= 7,392 watts.
:smile2:

Higher amp wall charger won't get any more power do to I-pace low charge rate. ~7kW.:frown2:

Some new EVs have higher power onboard chargers eg. 11 kW.

yep - this company, ChargeHub has a table showing that the 240V/32A @ 7.7kW fully charges the I-Pace in 12.9 hours, which is the same amount of time using 240v/40A @ 9.6kW due to the onboard charger limiting the AC charging. You have to go DC combo to charge any faster. I bought a 40amp anyway. :smile2:

https://chargehub.com/en/find-the-right-charging-station-power.html

 

[McRat]

In comparison, a Bosch L2 EVSE has a cable just over 1/2 as thick and very light:

 

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I believe the I-Pace is limited to a 7.2kw charger so doesn't matter if you have a 40amp charger you won't be able to charger higher than a 32amp charger

 

[Jagpa]

I believe the I-Pace is limited to a 7.2kw charger so doesn't matter if you have a 40amp charger you won't be able to charger higher than a 32amp charger

Like the cover over your charger. If you do not mind me asking, what did you use to shield the charger?

 

[Time2Roll]

For those with 40 amp or better chargers that will display charging amps, what peak amps are you seeing?
I'm seeing 30.8 amps peak with a Juicebox 32 Pro, and wondering if I screwed up buying the 32 which was on sale?
Will a 40 amp charger hit over 32 amps? My 40 amp Juicebox 40 (gen 1) does not report amps.

No screw up. Only if you saw 32 would you question if I-Pace could draw more.
Even my Schneider at just 30 amps would seem like plenty of power. Although most of my charging is at work at just 20 amps due to limited power. This works perfectly fine too even if a bit slower.

 

[McRat]

Like the cover over your charger. If you do not mind me asking, what did you use to shield the charger?

I MacGyver'd it - It is a metalized plastic blindspot mirror for warehouses. The cover over the Bosch has worked for 5 years now flawlessly, and probably extended it's life. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/PV26-180-Panaramic-Plexiglas-Security-Diameter/dp/B0007852X0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1545871878&sr=8-2&keywords=26"+acrylic+half+dome&th=1

Mine is a 26" model, but the brand is discontinued.

 

[Jagpa]

That is awesome. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Dantrium]

For those with 40 amp or better chargers that will display charging amps, what peak amps are you seeing?
I'm seeing 30.8 amps peak with a Juicebox 32 Pro, and wondering if I screwed up buying the 32 which was on sale?
Will a 40 amp charger hit over 32 amps? My 40 amp Juicebox 40 (gen 1) does not report amps.

My JB 40 is reporting 30.8 amps, 241v, 7.43kW

 

[drscott]

Not quite sure where to post this- I don't think there's a "tips/tricks/resources" thread in here (yet), but I just stumbled across this website concerning EV charge times using different charging levels. Small, but informative (especially the 'about' section).


https://leccy.net/


[ the address doesn't indicate in any way what the site is - it's a few pages designed by a web developer / EV enthusiast in the UK ]

 

[sciencegeek]

Click on "more info" and you'll see the limitations of an estimate by a guy who didn't actually do any experiment but relies on published specs and idealized models to generate his predictions. Not to dismiss it completely, but your mileage will vary here.

 

[ryzvy]

For those with 40 amp or better chargers that will display charging amps, what peak amps are you seeing?
I'm seeing 30.8 amps peak with a Juicebox 32 Pro, and wondering if I screwed up buying the 32 which was on sale?
Will a 40 amp charger hit over 32 amps? My 40 amp Juicebox 40 (gen 1) does not report amps.

My JB Pro 40 was showing 31.8 A, 242 V, 7.7 kW; so same ballpark as every one else.

 

[NerdUno]

In comparison, a Bosch L2 EVSE has a cable just over 1/2 as thick and very light:

Same lightweight cables come with the Tesla Mobile Connector. And you get the same 32 amp charge rate due to I-Pace internal AC limitation.