Recent content by dvdmon

Hey Chris. Yes, I did lease the Leaf starting at the end of July. I've really enjoyed having the car! I ended up going with Herb Gordon in Silver Spring, MD. There's a salesman there who was the most responsive and un-salesman-like (in a good way!) of any of the places I'd contacted. His...

Cool, thanks for the tip!

Yeah, I was looking through the manual - I haven't done anything with charge timers yet, so I was thinking that's probably what I'll have to do, just was hoping I was wrong and that there was an easier way, but I goess not! :(

Ok, I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf that I purchased almost three months ago and I can't seem to stop charging remotely. When I go either into Carwings or into the website, I update and see that it's charging, but the button I get says "start charging" - when I click it it just tells me that it...

I work at an office near Baily's Crossroads in Nothern Virginia. A coworker introduced me to the Leaf - he has a 2012. I began my lease a little over a week ago. He had told me that our office complex had Chargepoint charging stations (2) in a parking lot which I could get validated as long...

I just got my Leaf Sunday and have been enjoying it but am still making my way slowly through the manual. The manual talks about Eco mode, but the car as a "B" driving mode in addition to "D" but even when I have the car in "D" it still says "Eco" - so what's the deal? My earlier assumption...

Thanks. So far I seem to be doing fine on 120V trickle charging. I also have Level 2 charging stations within walking distance to my office and within a mile from my house, so I'm not worried, even for winter, given my commute is only 30 miles round trip. Occasionally I'll do some errands...

Yep. It's a bit of a challenge to get all the terms and ideas straight. I consider myself a fairly technical guy - used to build PC's, am a developer, etc., but I've not done much of anything with wiring, and there seems to be a lot of stuff around EV's that is still not as straightforward as...

Just got my Leaf yesterday! :) 15K Miles per year. No EVSE, but may do an upgrade to my charger and get an outlet installed in my garage - have one in the room above the garage with 2 120v lines combined to make a 240V outlet. Sorry, I know there's a technical name for that outlet but I don't...

Thanks, Phil. I don't feel comfortable doing any wiring myself. Also, the outlet that I showed was the one in the room above the garage, so we can't use that for charging, but I thought it was good that this was in the same area so that we could just get someone to extend that into the garage...

Ok, so, it looks like with DO have a 240V line going into the garage! We have an AC unit in the room above the garage and we looked and it has the T-shape outlet! (I just added a picture of the outlet to the dropbox folder) So I guess that won't be a huge deal to get it routed to somewhere in...

Ok, I just took myself at the breaker boxes and outlets. We have two. The right one has the stuff going to the garage. I took photos of the breakers and the outlets and put them up on my Dropbox account here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/03bbdabvfqujhnk/fpFyN9YCXt"...

Ok, so I'm supposed to be going to pick up my new Leaf tomorrow. The dealer sent me the disclosure to read over so I wouldn't have to do it at the dealership. I passed it onto my wife before looking at it, and unfortunately she freaked out a bit and is thinking we need to hire an electrician...

Thanks for the info, guys. I guess then my only question will be how much it will cost to get the 240v line installed in the garage. Our washer/dryer is in our house and as far as I can tell were never set up to be in the garage. The house is about 36 years old and we've been there for 4...

Thanks. I don't THINK we have a 240v line in the garage - at least have never seen anything other than a standard outlet. If you do the upgrade to you know if the same charger will serve as a 110v charger? Or is it just one or the other. Their website is a little confusing to a neophyte...