TomT
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It worked fine for me with the Leaf off when I jumped a Lincoln MKX the other day. Just wait ten minutes or so to build a surface charge in the jumped vehicle... I simply feel more comfortable with the Leaf off in such circumstances... I used heavy duty gauge 2 jumper cables, by the way.
Ingineer said:Putting high loads on the little battery without the DC-DC converter is not a good idea. In fact, The DC-DC is powerful and yet current-limited, and since it is liquid-cooled, it can handle high loads much better than most car alternators. Without having the LEAF in ready, you aren't going to get much across the jumper cables from the small battery alone.