Hi folks
I checked the 12v battery last night, cool at 12.6v not sucking any amps so I
think the car decides to discharge the battery from100 to 80% if you let it sit
2 days or more. Seems like a waste of energy though.
>
> Thanks Paul
> That makes sense replacing the 12v battery as this appears to have gotten
> worse over time. With old lead batteries (this has 5 years use mid old) the
> DC DC converter tries to float charge the battery up to 14v but it won't go
> above 13v so it just keeps pumping current in. I'll check if the battery is
> hot, I think it should after sucking up 7Kwh in 24 hours. My Honda Insight
> went goofy, blinky dash lights, sputtering engine and found out it was the
> old 12v battery that I thought would never go bad because it doesn't start
> anything or supply heavy loads. I'll let you know if that's what it was.
> Thanks Lee for your help and on the goofy horn. Hope the Chevy Bolt doesn't
> have similar problems. For some reason I couldn't charge from the CCS fast
> charger, tried five chargers and all said both my credit cards were bad so I
> went in the store and bought a cookie on one and a coke on the other (health
> food). Just testing since fast chargers are 28c per kWh so I just charge at
> home wher
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> the energy is free from the sun.
> Have a renewable energy day
> Mark
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