Cornbinder, I am experiencing some of what you are. As a kid that was very mechanical from age 8 on, I took a lot of enjoyment from my technical efforts. Lately, I drop more things than I can hold and can't see well enough or hear well enough to track them down. I just have to roll with it. I am still the fix-it guy for our neighborhood. I don't think the other posters were trying to be mean but maybe a little humorous. But your caution has merit. If you live long enough you will likely lose some skills a bit. Patience and kindness are not a cure but nonetheless helpful.
I've heard it called "age enhanced reading" (or writing), and yes it can lead to very humorous out comes when you read something other than was written. I have terrible trouble with writing a positive when I meant a negative and of course spell check will not pick-up something like that.
I guess I miss read your original post. But you were implying you could limit the charging from the Nissanconnect EV app.
I think it works to set the charging timer in the LEAF. You have to calculate how long it will take to charge. 75% is ready because it gives you that time number directly on the charging menu. But still a hassle. My JuiceBox charger is supposed to do that but isn't communicating with my app. I found some instructions that may allow me to correct that.Yea, a lot has happened in the EVSE world since the early Gen1 Leaf era. I had a hard time deciding which one to get because of the number of cool ones out there. I settled on the Emporia based on reviews and a nice discount at the time. I'm sure there are others that are just as good or better, but the features are nice and I can overcome fussing with the car's software limitations.
We live in remarkable times. They invent stuff every night while I am sleeping.
I charge my 2013 always 100% and after 10 years of daily use age only 2 bar missing. What's the point?
My 2012 Leaf has a timer when I can start/stop the charger, on the screen before you finish it asks if I want to charge to a certain percent of charge. I have the timer set to come on for 11 hours, it is off for the time just before I leave in the morning when my climate control heats or cools the inside of the car Because the car is plugged in will heat or cool on the charger cord power and not use the battery power.
There is an interesting app if you live in certain part of California called powerflex. You set in the app the number of kilowatts you want to charge so yes you can stop at 80% and it gives you access to some low priced level 2 charging. Be sure to use the app to find the charging station because some powerflex chargers are closed to the public. Double check the sites with plugshare before going to them.
2013 Battery Bars half way lost 6 capacity bars on their '13 by July 2020. See 2013 Battery Bars half way about their charging habits. They were also in a super mild climate of San Francisco. If they were on a hot climate, I'd guess they'd be down 2 or 3 bars left (9 or10 bar loss).
I think charging 100% it's more beneficial then 80% as all cells get balanced at end of the charging session. I noticed long time ago ,when battery is already 100%- charger is still ON for another 10 min or longer. My " leaf spy " app show all cells nicely balanced. That never happens when you charge 80%.
Countless studies mention that a lower SoC is better. Slide 8 of https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/66708.pdf suggests that, for example. How does balancing and high SoC help w/degradation? You're just worsening it due to high SoC.
Maybe is due to the climate, but summer is super hot here last few years. Bottom line how long you want to meet the car? For me 11 years car is already obsolete and time to move forward. My Prius last 15 years,well past due date. In Japan cars last on average 5-6 years. ( Government tax on older cars)
I have a 23 Tesla & a 23 Leaf S. Tesla does not require any thinking or digging in menus to limit it to daily 80%. Getting other family members to calculate, search, set, etc is hard.
