Try leaving it plugged into the EVSE and see if it still does it. If you theory is correct it shouldn’t discharge while plugged in.
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 28, 2019, at 8:42 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > e >> the energy is free from the sun. >> Have a renewable energy day >> Mark >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> For general EVDL support, see http://evdl.org/help/ >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of EV Digest, Vol 80, Issue 32 >> ********************************** > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
