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[ColoPaul]

Got permission from my employer to plug in at work.
Even better, the spot is under a porch, so it's in the shade and rain-free!
How cool is that?

[dkw12002]

It doesn't get any better than that.

[protomech]

Very cool. I'm jealous!

[rotoiti]

Here is my Zero DS proudly taking an "Electric Vehicle Only" parking spot at work

Zero DS parked at work

[Lipo423]

Lucky guy 
Please, send us your work address  and employer name!!!

[ColoPaul]

By the way, what is better for the battery?   It's only 8.5 miles to work one-way.
(A) Charge the bike at home and at work  (2x per day charging)
(B) Charge the bike only at work, letting it sit at 9 bars overnight at home

[Richard230]

I have posted this photo before, but here was my parking/charging spot when I was working for the city of South San Francisco, before I retired a few years ago. This parking spot is next to the entrance to the Permit Center and my desk was below that window. I connected an extension cord to the outlet under my desk and ran the cord out of the window to plug in my GPR-S each morning. By noon the bike was recharged and ready to go.

[protomech]

By the way, what is better for the battery?   It's only 8.5 miles to work one-way.
(A) Charge the bike at home and at work  (2x per day charging)
(B) Charge the bike only at work, letting it sit at 9 bars overnight at home

Either would be fine honestly.

It might be slightly better to let the battery sit with a partial charge overnight, but you should be good either way.

[dkw12002]

I think Zero would tell you to plug it in at work cause it balances the cells when the charger is plugged in. They say to keep the charger plugged in whenever you are not riding it. I suppose it may be better for the life of the batteries. Having said that, I unplug mine whenever there is a storm. I can't think it would be good for the charger to keep resetting as the power goes off and on which it does occasionally here. I unplugged mine last night due to a storm and won't plug it in again until I ride it when the roads dry up today or tomorrow. I don't feel comfortable plugging a fully charged bike back into the charger although I suppose the BMS would just go right to balancing and not over-charge, however I don't know that for certain.

[Richard230]

I have pulled the plug when my bike was fully charged and then plugged it back in a few hours later. I used a Kill-A-Watt meter to see what was going on when I did that. What happens is that the charger goes to around 900 watts for about a minute, then it cuts off and goes back to its usual standby of 7 watts. So plugging the charger back in does not seem to create any problems.   

[dkw12002]

Thanks Richard. Our weather cleared and I rode the Zero 1 bar's worth and it is plugged back in.

[CliC]

By the way, what is better for the battery?   It's only 8.5 miles to work one-way.
(A) Charge the bike at home and at work  (2x per day charging)
(B) Charge the bike only at work, letting it sit at 9 bars overnight at home

B. The battery says it works hard too and deserves to be most generously compensated by your/its employer, and to rest while at home

Seriously, I plug in as frequently as I can, just to get more balancing opportunities. Maybe that does nothing except make me feel better, but there it is.

[Electric Cowboy]

By the way, what is better for the battery?   It's only 8.5 miles to work one-way.
(A) Charge the bike at home and at work  (2x per day charging)
(B) Charge the bike only at work, letting it sit at 9 bars overnight at home

Definately (a) it will increase your battery life and keep your battery more balanced from what I understand. Always charge as often as possible.

My old 2010 at work :


Wish I had the photo of my old Native GPRS, I used to ride that up the elevator at and charge it on the balcony.

[manlytom]

had to charge the 2010 at work a couple of times as the controller or so had an issue. The bike lost its agility/some power when down to half a charge. So I searched for a powerplug in the garage - none to be found ...
As the office is in a high rise the only option left was to go up. ride it into the lift ..... and now at work:

[Lipo423]

Partial discharge is something Lithium batteries love as it extends overall life, nevertheless every time your plug the pack in is a charging cycle less on the battery life clock...which does not make a big difference in +2000 life cycles 

Either way, should be ok.