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kmp647 said:if you are in a cold climate charge to 100% for your commute ! use the timer and preheat, charging to 80% and then hitting VLBW is worse for the pack than charging to 100% having a comfortable drive and getting home at 10 to 15%!!!!!!!!!
I just dont see alll the reason to baby a pack and kill your day if you are leasing anyway
I charge to 100% every day and topp when needed during the workday with trickle
34,500 miles and have all 12 cap bars
its winter! its cold ! charge all you can
IraqiInvaderGnr said:kmp647 said:if you are in a cold climate charge to 100% for your commute ! use the timer and preheat, charging to 80% and then hitting VLBW is worse for the pack than charging to 100% having a comfortable drive and getting home at 10 to 15%!!!!!!!!!
I just dont see alll the reason to baby a pack and kill your day if you are leasing anyway
I charge to 100% every day and topp when needed during the workday with trickle
34,500 miles and have all 12 cap bars
its winter! its cold ! charge all you can
Completely agree. I have preheat set at 90°F and start the preheat an hour before I depart.
Klayfish said:IraqiInvaderGnr said:kmp647 said:if you are in a cold climate charge to 100% for your commute ! use the timer and preheat, charging to 80% and then hitting VLBW is worse for the pack than charging to 100% having a comfortable drive and getting home at 10 to 15%!!!!!!!!!
I just dont see alll the reason to baby a pack and kill your day if you are leasing anyway
I charge to 100% every day and topp when needed during the workday with trickle
34,500 miles and have all 12 cap bars
its winter! its cold ! charge all you can
Completely agree. I have preheat set at 90°F and start the preheat an hour before I depart.
An hour before departure? Will it stay on that long? I have mine set to preheat, but it seems like it heats the cabin then shuts off?
Rauv said:I thought that charging to 100% versus 80% wasted energy because the upper 20% was tapered down and full of balancing inefficiency. Maybe I'm dead wrong. Does anyone have a graph of Gids received by the battery vs kwh over a full charge?
LeftieBiker said:Rauv said:I thought that charging to 100% versus 80% wasted energy because the upper 20% was tapered down and full of balancing inefficiency. Maybe I'm dead wrong. Does anyone have a graph of Gids received by the battery vs kwh over a full charge?
I think that you're confusing the much slower end charge that DCQC stations use to prevent overheating with the more sharply-tapering charge you get with L-1 or L-2. The latter seem to slow for the last few percent, not the last twenty percent.
rodkar said:It's been a bit colder than normal here in San Diego (35°F at night, yes I know that's still not "cold" compared to other cities) so I did notice whenever we turned the heater on, we would see a significant loss in charge. Last night I drove about 23 miles at night starting at 55% and ended up at home with 20% while the heater was on through half of that time.
We just purchased our Nissan Leaf 2013 last weekend, but after reading a few posts on this forum, it makes me concerned about the battery degradation throughout time. I've been driving the car for less than a week and all is great so far.
I usually start with 100% charge. (I've read a lot about 80% charge; is it better to be on 80% charge than 100%?).
Are there certain specific things a new owner should make sure to do to try to preserve the battery as much as possible? Or is it an inevitable degradation?
My work commute is 52 miles every weekday (26 each way, 10 mi city / 16 mi freeway). Although I can easily make it now, I've read some people's battery degradation has unallowed them to make their regular work commutes they were once able to do with their Leaf. Will I eventually not be able to make this commute?
Thanks in advance!
Thank you. The area I'm in is usually moderate. I mean sometimes we see 90°F but usually its typical san diego weather (60°F - 80°F) (Also very similar to LA, as you know).thankyouOB said:there are many factors at work here, especially whether you are in a hot or cool part of san diego.
i would say you will be able to make it for years, though you may have to charge to 100% down the road.
my commute is 51 miles, with slightly more freeway driving, though in LA most of that is around 50-60.
rodkar said:Thank you. The area I'm in is usually moderate. I mean sometimes we see 90°F but usually its typical san diego weather (60°F - 80°F) (Also very similar to LA, as you know).thankyouOB said:there are many factors at work here, especially whether you are in a hot or cool part of san diego.
i would say you will be able to make it for years, though you may have to charge to 100% down the road.
my commute is 51 miles, with slightly more freeway driving, though in LA most of that is around 50-60.
But speaking of "charging to 100%", I have been reading about a lot of people charging to only 80%. Is that because of the efficiency of the charger? Or is does it preserve the battery longer than charging it to 100%?
Nuitari said:Been getting -20C/-4F weather here in Montreal.
Day starts out at 1 battery bar of temperature and the range is not that great anymore.
Even when charging at work I now get back home on VLBW.
The climate timer starts the pre heating at least an hour and a half before the departure time.
One does become acclimated somewhat to cold (and I find I have to get used to warm weather in summer). But I dress for winter with multiple layers, including long underwear and gloves (although they aren't really necessary with the heated steering wheel it is nice to have them when outside the car). I keep a down jacket in the LEAF (and also in my ICE car). If I get stranded or have to fix a tire I want to keep from freezing. I also keep a sleeping bag in my ICE car for venturing beyond LEAF range: if I get stuck and have to spend the night in the car I want some survival gear. While it may be unusual to get stuck with modern weather forecasts and road reports it can happen, especially in the moutains.firtree said:SF Bay Area. We got down to 25 at night (cold for us) and the days were in the 30s. I've given up on my heater -- it never gets warm and eats my range terribly. I keep an old down jacket in the car to wrap around my legs, use the heat seaters and steering wheel heater (when I need it), and wear cold weather appropriate garb: down coat, wool layers, gloves etc. I don't know how you all in "real winter" states manage. I guess your coldness tolerance is probably much higher than mine! Sending you all warm thoughts...
LeftieBiker said:Assuming it actually pre-heats for more than 15 minutes, why would you want to pre-heat the car for 90 minutes? I find that two or three minutes is enough to make the car tolerable, and it heats more quickly while I drive it. Try 15 minutes.
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