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Welcome to owning a Leaf! You'll make slow progress with a 120 volt, 15 amp outlet sometimes available at various merchants, (better to check with the owner before using). To make meaningful charging progress, you'll need at least a Level 2 charger available at many locations that can be found...

What year is your Leaf? I've never had any issues with mine but not enough info on yours to make any sort of suggestion, just guesses. When you go into the charge timer menu, are you able to turn it on and then set the start and stop times?

2018 model year in the USA is the second generation Leaf, major styling changes and 40 kWh battery were introduced, so to your question, 2018 is the oldest Leaf to consider for Gen 2. Beyond that, you'll need to determine the high voltage battery's state-of-health, (SOH) by either driving it for...

That would require 100 A from the accessory port if I understand your intent. Not possible from a cigarette lighter port.

If it has a 10 A fuse it's good for 120 W not 1,200 W; 10 A x 12 V = 120 W

If it has a 10 A fuse it's good for 120 W not 1,200 W; 10 A x 12 V = 120 W

Can you let us know all of the Leaf Spy stats like a screenshot and also what temps the Leaf is experiencing?

No problems, just checked mine for charge status.

The "bars" don't change with charging. The bars represent an estimate of HV battery SOH and are located in a sub-menu on the 2018 Leaf, (far left sub-menu). They start from 12 bars and drop off as the SOH degrades.

HV battery check annually is supposedly needed to maintain the battery warranty. Check your manual for warranty requirements.

Bombastinator2 said that the location originally worked fine until the plug was turned over. After the plug was rotated, the problem started happening. Thus, the phase and voltage would be the same in both instances. Is this correct?

Mileage isn't as important as HV battery condition. New vehicles have 12 bars of battery health, so that's the first thing to look for in a used car. If you want to go further, research Leaf Spy Pro; it's an OBD2 scanner that will give you more details on the health of the battery. Leaf Spy Pro...

This thread has gone off topic big time! You guys might consider starting a new thread on another site :)

You could just trust the manual and set the Stop time and let it go until you can verify when the charging takes place. Another way to approach this is to use the start/stop timer to set a predetermined period of time to charge each night. For instance, my 40 kWh Leaf L2 charges about 18.5 %/hr...

In the 2018 model, it appears that even though you set the STOP time, the start time display defaults to 12:00am. The manual says the vehicle will automatically calculate and set the start time. I've never tried it. Do you have a way to track charge time such as an internet connected EVSE which...