On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:05 AM, tomw via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
/...When I use it to what I interpret as completely dead (about 3 miles of
residential/commercial streets after the very low battery warning where it
shuts off the meter), charging to what it indicates as 100% (12 bars on the
On the 2013 (and later) model LEAFs, like the one the OP was inquiring
about, you don't have to deal with the semi-ambiguous charge bars.
There's an option for a direct numeric percentage display which is much
more useful/readable.
Battery temp is still indicated by the left bar display,
/I was shocked when I heard that was in the manual. Then by fortune one
day on a plane trip the guy sitting next to me noticed all my EV magazines
etc, and admitted he was a battery engineer for Nissan./ Nice to know.
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On Jun 3, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Ed Blackmond via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
The guess-o-meter provides neither number.
Ignoring the guess-o-meter for the moment...how accurate is the remaining
charge meter? Can one use it mentally like one does the gas gauge on an ICE
vehicle? That is, if you
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] Trickle Charging a Nissan
On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote:
I can see their point. It simply is not worth it to degrade the accuracy
of the guess-o-meter by encouraging trickle charging after every use and
have to put up with daily driver dissatisfaction with the gauge, than it
is to sacrifice a little
Yes. Starting with the 2013 model LEAF there is a very useful percentage
of charge display option.
You can also reset the miles/kWh display before a trip in order to
monitor what your average is for that particular trip.
With those two numbers you can get a good idea of how you're doing.
Absolutely never trickle charge any type of Lithium Ion battery
Another absolute statement, that is meaningless unless the term trickle
charge is defined.
Yes, trickle charging beyond FULL is absolutely bad.
But there is nothing wrong with trickle charging at a low rate when the
batteries are
On Jun 3, 2015, at 9:26 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Yes, slow charging is just fine, in fact, better for the life of the
battery than fast charging. The reason they cannot recommend it is the
simply the *ergonomics* of customer expectations of the miles-to-go
gauge.
My I-MiEV recommends driving down to one bar on the gauge once a month to reset
the gauge.
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On Jun 3, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote:
Nissan doesn't recommend trickle charging.
I was shocked when I heard that was in the manual. Then
Nissan doesn't recommend trickle charging.
I was shocked when I heard that was in the manual. Then by fortune one
day on a plane trip the guy sitting next to me noticed all my EV magazines
etc, and admitted he was a battery engineer for Nissan.
I asked him point blank. His response was
True so let's define it
Trickle charging means charging a fully charged battery under no-load at a rate
equal to its self-discharge rate, thus enabling the battery to remain at its
fully charged level.A battery under continuous float voltage charging is said
to be under float-charging.
I
This the same way you calibrate the battery in your laptop computer
If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we should stop making
them.
David C. Wilker Jr.
USAF (RET)
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org
wrote:
Nissan doesn't recommend trickle
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