Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-17 Thread rick via EV
On 07/16/2015 06:50 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: On 16 Jul 2015 at 9:12, harry henderson via EV wrote: An SLI battery is designed for many shallow cycles starting an ICE. With most EVs that have DC:DC converters, the house battery is used in much the same way. In fact it's even less

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-17 Thread Bill Dube via EV
A Leaf is never really off. It turns off the displays and indicators etc. but there is communication, the BMS, and who knows how many computers that are always on. My SL model phones in when it is fully charged, unplugged, a/c turned on, etc. The 2011 would run down the 12 volt accessory

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-17 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF On 07/16/2015 06:50 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: On 16 Jul 2015 at 9:12, harry henderson via EV wrote: An SLI battery is designed for many shallow cycles starting an ICE. With most

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Sent: Wed 7/15/2015 10:44 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF Your air compressor might be a factor, I don't know. I can say that while we've also had pesky tires with very slow leaks, our air compressor can run on 120

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-16 Thread Roland via EV
To: Cor van de Watermailto:cwa...@proxim.com ; Electric Vehicle Discussion Listmailto:ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF my main question is if the solar charging will damage the existing 12 volt

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-16 Thread Ed Blackmond via EV
On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:50 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The question here is, why aren't house batteries lasting? Is the Leaf not properly charging it? Could it be that the dealer supplied batteries are junk? I have 2011 Leaf with 41,000 miles. The original

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-16 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 16 Jul 2015 at 9:12, harry henderson via EV wrote: my main question is if the solar charging will damage the existing 12 volt battery or do i need to put in a true deep cycle battery to replace it? I can't think of any reason that that solar charging it would damage it. Can anyone else?

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
-Original Message- From: EV on behalf of harry henderson via EV Sent: Wed 7/15/2015 10:07 PM To: Jamie K; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF S, like i said, battery was at 4 volts and i had to jump it to start it [my first EV/EV

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
x203 -Original Message- From: EV on behalf of David Rees via EV Sent: Wed 7/15/2015 5:45 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Bill Dube via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: If you have

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread harry henderson via EV
wrote: Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 8:12 AM As another data point, so far we haven't noticed any problems with the 12 volt battery in the 2013 LEAF that we bought

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread Jamie K via EV
On Wed, 7/15/15, Jamie K via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 8:12 AM As another data point, so far we haven't noticed any problems with the 12 volt

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread David Rees via EV
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Bill Dube via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: If you have a good charge regulator with your solar panel, the rest of the 12 volt system won't even know that the 12 volt is charging. You should buy a charge regulator that float charges the battery at ~13.5 volts.

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-15 Thread Jamie K via EV
As another data point, so far we haven't noticed any problems with the 12 volt battery in the 2013 LEAF that we bought about a year and a half ago. What model LEAF did you buy? S, SV or SL? What symptoms have you had? Cheers, -Jamie On 7/14/15 10:41 PM, harry henderson via EV wrote: the

[EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-14 Thread harry henderson via EV
the 2013 nissan leaf has a known issue with its 12 volt battery either by lack of charging or vampiric drains, i just got a 2013 leaf and found my 12 volt battery at 4 something volts a couple weeks after i got it. carmax replaced it but what they replaced was not the original battery. the

Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF

2015-07-14 Thread Bill Dube via EV
My 2012 SL Leaf has a small solar panel for just this purpose on the roof of the car near the back. You are just doing the same thing yourself. If you have a good charge regulator with your solar panel, the rest of the 12 volt system won't even know that the 12 volt is charging. You should