cracovian
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It would be great if you could send messages using Morse code on the LEDs. SOS and stuff, like when you're taken hostage and have access to carwings and the iPhone.
cracovian said:It would be great if you could send messages using Morse code on the LEDs. SOS and stuff, like when you're taken hostage and have access to carwings and the iPhone.
Please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwFfI0kU9C4 (it's unchanged from '14 to '15).craig34220 said:Hello, another newbie here
What does it mean when: (from the driver's seat)
#1 flashing
#2 solid
#3 off
It's in the manual. See page CH-35 of https://owners.nissanusa.com/content/techpub/ManualsAndGuides/NissanLEAF/2013/2013-NissanLEAF-owner-manual.pdf.orsonwellz said:Many thanks to Nubu for the very clear explanation of the three lights. As it happens, being a new Leaf owner (an underused 2013), I didn't know what the heck was happening when on two or three occasions I happened to be in the vicinity of the car and the third light suddenly came on for no apparent reason. The manual was of no help to me for that particular event (it's not listed in the chart, is it?).
I'm not sure that is the case, although I most definitely find the lights most useful as a way to confirm that charging has started. We have had multiple instances away from home when we forgot to disable the timer and then noticed that charging had not started.sakumar said:So it seems that the primary intent of the LEDs is a status indicator when you are leaving the car, not when you are getting back in.
We have had multiple instances away from home when we forgot to disable the timer and then noticed that charging had not started.
2/22 To update, I suspected the EVSE didn't like the long extension cord I was using in the garage (I share the garage with the other tenants, whose parking spot is closer to the plug). I extended the Nissan-supplied cable as far towards the plug as possible -- about nine feet away -- and bought as short a cord as possible, one meant for a window AC unit, so high current. The charging seems to work normally now. I realize using an extension cord at all is not recommended. Neither is using a plug that's not completely dedicated. And somehow the EVSE can tell when you stray too far from a perfect connection and makes the car do that 3-light unison flashing thing.
It's actually been 120V in the USA for decades.CSObassman said:I'm trickle charging at 110 v,
I believe it would be the On Board Charger that detects the problem, and it would detect the incoming mains voltage sagging too low when it draws the current that the EVSE says it's allowed to draw.And somehow the EVSE can tell when you stray too far from a perfect connection and makes the car do that 3-light unison flashing thing.
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