brothergrimm
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- Jun 2, 2016
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Hi there, this is my first summer with my Spark EV in a hot location -- Sacramento, CA.
I've started hearing a fan working in there, even in the cool early morning hours. From reading other forum entries, this would seem like the battery management system keeping the battery cool and healthy.
I was curious how much power the system was drawing, so I attached a Kill-A-Watt to the included level 1 EVSE. Even after the battery has charged, I find the car drawing around 6 amps or 720 watts of power. For example, my last over-night charge needed 9kwh to recharge from half-way depleted -- but in the morning, I found that the Spark used 18kwh to charge it up and do whatever else it was doing.
Has anyone else observed this? Other thoughts? Much appreciated!
I've started hearing a fan working in there, even in the cool early morning hours. From reading other forum entries, this would seem like the battery management system keeping the battery cool and healthy.
I was curious how much power the system was drawing, so I attached a Kill-A-Watt to the included level 1 EVSE. Even after the battery has charged, I find the car drawing around 6 amps or 720 watts of power. For example, my last over-night charge needed 9kwh to recharge from half-way depleted -- but in the morning, I found that the Spark used 18kwh to charge it up and do whatever else it was doing.
Has anyone else observed this? Other thoughts? Much appreciated!