Installation instructions complements of archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20130926092737/http://evseupgrade.com/hvac-sheet.pdf
On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM (-Phil-) via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Here's my original post: > > https://mynissanleaf.com/threads/climate-control-solution-gain-control-of-your-heater.6751/ > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org > > > wrote: > > > I know about the severe drain of the PTC heater (and its > > many-minutes-delay before supplying heat) so if I need to change the > > interior temperature or get rid of moisture, I prefer to open the > > windows a bit, rarely using the A/C, and in winter combine this with > > intermittent bursts of using the windshield defogger button, turning > > it off as soon as the A/C has made the windows clear again. > > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM (-Phil-) <p...@ingineerix.com> wrote: > > > > > > Forgot to add: In 2011 we had a meeting with the Leaf's Chief Engineer; > > Hidetoshi Kadota, and I explained this problem and asked why no heat > pump? > > So in 2013 they rolled out a heat pump, and on the base models added a > > switch to disable the PTC coolant heater. So only 2011 & 2012 models > > suffer from this. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM (-Phil-) <p...@ingineerix.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Pre 2013 has a serious problem where the liquid heater comes on if the > > climate control is on at all, there was no way to stop this w/o > completely > > turning off the CC. I used to sell a mod to change this. > > >> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykjgnrZTF2c > > >> > > >> Sadly, the schematic and instructions were lost in a server crash, so > > no, I can't share it, but it was basically just installing a transistor > and > > a few discretes inside the HVAC control module. We sold these as an > > advanced replacement where we sent you a modified unit, and you sent the > > old one back. Sadly, There isn't enough business anymore to make it > > work. If I still had the schematic, I'd release it in the public domain. > > >> > > >> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM Cor van de Water < > > cor.vandewa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> I have a 2012 also and generally avoid using the PTC heater that > warms > > up the liquid that flows through the heater core. > > >>> I *so* wished that Nissan had skipped the liquid and instead heated > > the air directly, so we would have had *instant* heat in the cabin. > > >>> I have the cold weather package on my Leaf and between the steering > > wheel heater and the seat heaters, we can stay reasonable comfortable on > > even longer trips (we regularly make 100 mi one way trips and since the > car > > has 230 mi range when drive carefully, due to its 2019 62kWh pack, I > prefer > > to make the entire 200 mi day trip on a single charge, so low accessory > > consumption is preferred. Heating the entire cabin would eat too much > into > > the range. > > >>> Cor. > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 11:09 AM (-Phil-) via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Heat pump was introduced in 2013 and equipped on SV or SL models. > > Starting > > >>>> in 2018 they made it optional on SV. I don't know what the recent > > models > > >>>> are like. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM redscooter via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> > > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > how do I know which years/ trims have the heating heat pump. > > >>>> > > > >>>> > like from 2013 - 2018 to 2019 to current > > >>>> > > > >>>> > is there certain trim models? > > >>>> > > > >>>> > were tried of a cold old 2012 > > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > > >>>> > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > >>>> > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > >>>> > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -------------- next part -------------- > > >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > >>>> URL: < > > > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250109/0714eb2d/attachment.htm > > > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > >>>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > >>>> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250109/4aff7f71/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250109/70756632/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
