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SeaMonster, yes, that appears to be the case. I get charging event alert notification emails sent to my iPhone from EnTunes as well, and for the last full charge, (as shown in the Enerati Dashboard link I provided above), I did not receive anything after the charge "complete" notification received at ~4:27am. The odd thing about the so-called "balancing" behavior that Tony speaks of, is the actual power consumed from the charger was limited to only 600 watts, with little variation, for that last 25 minutes. Doesn't this imply the total number of cells being "actively" balanced with additional "top off" charging, was greatly reduced? If there was only 600 of 7700 watts of charging power being consumed, this implies only about 8% of the total number of cells were still charging. In which case a balancing charge ONLY applies the cell that are UNDER their full nominal voltage rating. I'm not sure there is any "discharging" going on to balance the cells. If so, that seems rather wasteful. Rather, it would seem the cells already at full charge are being "shunted" so that only the - NOT fully charged - cells remain connected to the charging system, and thus the total charging current is substantially lower.I wish there was somebody from Tesla on this forum who could jump in here on these type of discussions and shed more light on what is actually going on "by design" inside these cars. Unfortunately, Tesla probably has entered into a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) with Toyota and is not permitted to reveal any relevant technical information about their involvement with the RAV4 EV's design.
SeaMonster, yes, that appears to be the case. I get charging event alert notification emails sent to my iPhone from EnTunes as well, and for the last full charge, (as shown in the Enerati Dashboard link I provided above), I did not receive anything after the charge "complete" notification received at ~4:27am. The odd thing about the so-called "balancing" behavior that Tony speaks of, is the actual power consumed from the charger was limited to only 600 watts, with little variation, for that last 25 minutes.
Doesn't this imply the total number of cells being "actively" balanced with additional "top off" charging, was greatly reduced? If there was only 600 of 7700 watts of charging power being consumed, this implies only about 8% of the total number of cells were still charging. In which case a balancing charge ONLY applies the cell that are UNDER their full nominal voltage rating. I'm not sure there is any "discharging" going on to balance the cells. If so, that seems rather wasteful. Rather, it would seem the cells already at full charge are being "shunted" so that only the - NOT fully charged - cells remain connected to the charging system, and thus the total charging current is substantially lower.
I wish there was somebody from Tesla on this forum who could jump in here on these type of discussions and shed more light on what is actually going on "by design" inside these cars. Unfortunately, Tesla probably has entered into a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) with Toyota and is not permitted to reveal any relevant technical information about their involvement with the RAV4 EV's design.
