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Had a derecho come through here last week, and it made a couple hundred small outages in my and neighboring towns. We had a transformer explode, so we were out for 18 hours or so. The LEAF-inverter system ran our fridge, (LED) lights, wifi and personal electronics just fine, and we depleted...

I did the neg connection by clamping directly to the drive unit...pos to the battery clamp. Upon reflection, I think it was 12.8, but def v steady. That's 12.8 across the 12V battery. At 1200W_ac output, and 140A_dc, the drop on my 2 AWG leads was over half a volt (more like 12.2-12.3 at the...

Had a short outage this AM, and used the LEAF system to backfeed my house for an hour. All 240V breakers off. 100-500W. No issues. FYI: Backfeed was done with appropriate interlock in place, if you don't know how to do this safely, don't.

Under load, my DC-DC was putting out a very steady voltage at 1200, 500 and 0W_ac output, over the course of several hours. IIRC, it was 13.8V at the LEAF.

Ran an overnight (11 hour) test with the car in 'ready to drive' mode with no accs on, min display brightness, and no external loads attached. Car ran down 6%, from 100% to 94% SOC (I don't have leafspy). I think the rate was uneven (e.g. charging the 12V batt, etc), as the car still read 100%...

OK, I finally bit the bullet and ordered up some parts and made up an inverter system for my 2013 LEAF S (17k miles, still has 12 bars). Its based upon a 1500W 'tiger claw' sine wave inverter and some heavy duty 'jumper' type clamps with 2AWG stranded solid copper cables. I tested it out...

Dude, the link describes the concept car version of the Bolt.

Just ordered online....they rec'ced a steel wheel, I got it, it worked aok. The quote just says: "16X6.5 New Steel Wheel Black Painted for 2013 Nissan Leaf S"

Just ordered online....they rec'ced a steel wheel, I got it, it worked aok.

I put 205/55R16 Xi3's on my 2013 Leaf S about a month ago. Dropped my mileage a bit, but the 'grip' is astounding. I got them from tirerack.com, premounted and balanced on the steel wheels they recommend for the leaf. Swapped them myself easily.

I took delivery in May, and we got 3.9 after the summer. In the cold weather + LRR snows we dropped to 3.2 Mostly stop and go and hilly driving, but reading folks on here I think we should be doing better. :| Are there any **problems** that manifest as low mileage...i.e. wheel misalignment?

After years of discussion, the state of Pennsylvania decided to put EVSEs at public expense in all the PA turnpike rest areas. They appear to all be 6 kW L2s, and thus effectively useless hundreds of miles from major cites. For comparison, the state of New Jersey, the highest population...

I've been using Michelin X-ice Xi3's on my leaf for a couple weeks. Super grippy. Bought from tirerack with steel wheels, so I can swap them myself easily. I almost got the Nokians, which ARE supposed to be better in deep snow. It seems the Xi3's are better on cold/dry and cold/wet than the...

Might be easier to get a lap/leg blanket... http://www.amazon.com/Roadpro-12-Volt-Fleece-Heated-Blanket/dp/B0009Y2CFS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

LOL. hey, 1/32 is almost a mm. Maybe we should do treads in 25ths of an inch?

Ok, I just pulled my ecopias to put on the snows (Xi3's). With ~5,000 miles, I've lost 1.5-1.75 32nds on the fronts, almost nothing on the rears. The way I do the math, I figure I will get 30,000 miles to get to 3/32nds tread left. If I put 25% of my miles on the snows, I should be ok on...

Yeah, the glass is fragile. I had a bicyclist hit the back of my car (while I was stationary), his head and shoulders went clear through the rear window. Couldn't be patched. :lol: The bike guy escaped with a couple minor cuts, but the entire rear hatch was bent in and needed to be replaced.

Have you tried a conducting pouch..?

Because its November, and the sun is low in the sky. Check back in June.

Ok, so why are they sticking with 36?