S, like i said, battery was at 4 volts and i had to jump it to start
it [my first EV/EV jump] i had to jump it two more times that day
then i got a new battery, however, the 'old' battery was only a month
old. as another data point, i did need to fill up one tire several
times as it had a slow leak, carmax also fixed that, but i might have
been using the 12 volt too much?
harry
Albuquerque, NM current bike: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1179
current non-bike: http://evalbum.com/1000
-------------------------------------------- On Wed, 7/15/15, Jamie K
via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [EVDL] adding solar charging to 12 volt battery on LEAF
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> 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 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 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 battery
they replaced was only a month old
and
i don't know how many batteries this 2 year old EV has used in
its 10,000 miles of life.
i'm considering
hooking up a solar charging unit to the battery.
i've been using solar charging systems
on my 12 volt systems as their
only
power source for 10 years now on my homemade EVs, however, this
is a little different, since it
supposed has a DC/DC system. the
options i've pondered include:
1. add an unregulated trickle charge [but
with diode: 1-2 watts] to
existing
battery 2. add a regulated [charge controller: 10-20 watts]
to existing battery 3. add a
regulated [charge controller: 10-20
watts] to a deep cycle [that is larger than existing battery, maybe
about 30% larger]
#3 is what i've
been using very successfully for 10 years, but again
this is different situation, eager for
other folk's suggestions
i realize this might void some or all
warranty issues, please don't
respond if that is your only contribution, thanks
harry
Albuquerque, NM
current bike: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1179
current non-bike: http://evalbum.com/1000
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