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    EV Warning light on but no error codes in LeafSpy Pro

    Might that be the brake pump?
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    Repeated ground faults from evse

    (Note that this is written from Britain where the wiring and rules are different, although the physics of how electricity works is not yet under government control in any country.) A GFI (alias RCD) trips if the total leakage current goes over its threshold for its detection time. Because every...
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    2011 SV - Key Intermittently doesn't work

    I had somewhat similar symptoms; they were caused by a bad (probably just old!) card of CR2025 coin-cell batteries which I'd used in both keys. For the very similar e-NV200, check the battery under a 10 mA load (300 Ω resistor and a multimeter). Expect 3.0 V for a new battery and replace any...
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    A thread for people happy with their Leaf

    Brake fluid absorbs water (moisture) from the air and if the water content gets too high can lead to brake failure. The replacement is schedule is every two or three years, and doesn't depend on distance driven. And on topic for this thread - mine's not technically a LEAF, but its taller...
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    USA CCS1 to ChaDeMo test…

    Rapid (CHAdeMO) charging heats the traction battery, which if done a lot, isn't good for it -- but it doesn't eat the battery. Driving faster than around 50 mph also heats the battery, and you may do rather more of that. The 12V battery charges all the time when the big traction battery is in...
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    Any interest for a VSP-delete module?

    Reprogramming the sounds from the VSP would be much more attractive proposition than disabling it completely. That's the unit which provides the various beeps and chirps to confirm charging starts and that the car won't lock because one of the doors isn't closed, as well as the warning noise for...
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    Leaf Spy and Leaf Spy Pro

    It appears that Lite has not been updated for recent versions of Android, but Pro has. This means the Google Play Store filters out Lite and never offers it to you.
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    Monster Leaf

    An additional point is that the Leaf's little reduction gear will be well out of its comfort zone with significantly larger road wheels fitted. Ideally strip it down and fit lower-ratio cogs (as for the heavier e-NV200) or fit a completely different transmission... with any adjustments needed to...
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    There are a bunch of types of lithium batteries what type is a given 12v?

    I can't speak to any of the others. but NiMH, nickel-metal hydride, is not a lithium-ion battery type at all. It has a cell voltage of about 1.2 V and is a greatly improved successor to NiCd or Nicad, nickel-cadmium: longer working life, higher capacity, and contains no toxic cadmium.
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    Leaf Service EV System Adventures with P0AA6-1A and a Suspect 12V Battery

    The Leaf is using IUoU charging to maintain its 12V battery. That requires a reasonably accurate temperature and current sensor (in the battery negative connector) and to monitor the voltage (done in the VCM, vehicle control module). It has two objectives and may have to compromise slightly for...
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    Gearbox

    No. See reply in another thread. Please don't post the same question over and over. Please don't post the same question again and again.
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    Gear oil plug

    Sort of, kinda, maybe. As far as I know, the LEAF and e-NV200 gearboxes fit the same motor, drive shaft connections and the fixings for the casing. There is one significant difference, though. The van has lower gearing than the car, by 10% or 15% or so (I don't remember the exact ratios). That...
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    Leaf Service EV System Adventures with P0AA6-1A and a Suspect 12V Battery

    I've learned from reading this thread. Thank you to the contributors. Specifically, I've learned that the 12V battery capacity (in usable ampere-hours, or A·h) may degrade much faster than the starting current it can provide (rated in CCA), with one being reduced to about 20% while the other's...
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    Smell of Natural Gas/Propane

    Small critter crawled into the ventilation system and died there?
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    Help diagnosing dead 12v (as opposed to some other problem) SOLVED

    At zero degrees, 12.15V is very low for the open-circuit (with no load and no charging for an hour or more) voltage. The reference voltages for a 12V lead-acid battery increase in the cold, by 38 mV/°C or 21 mV/°F relative to the nominal figures at 20°C or 68°F. That makes the "20% charged"...
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    Are there any benefits to fully cycling the battery periodically (full to turtle)?

    Charging to "100%" balances the state of charge of each cell pair, as well as providing the BMS with a check as to how much charge the battery really holds. Cell balancing is needed for long life of any battery pack connected in series, though it happens chemically rather than electronically for...
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    reduction gear replacement

    Rare but not super-rare, as far as I can tell. Nissan's service manual makes a meal of the replacement (remove entire power stack from the drive shafts to the power delivery module) where independent garages and at least one DIY owner can support the stack then remove just the reduction gear and...
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    E-NV200 Leafspy Pro Daytime Running Light feature request

    ...and ideally a change so that the daylight running lights turn off with the drive selector in P (and the lighting switch Off). That, at least in Britain, appears to be legally allowed, and would be a simple permanent improvement for campers. I don't know how to do it. It does suggest an option...
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    Official Nissan e-NV200 thread

    I have a Leaf Spy Pro problem with my e-NV200 Evalia. I installed Leaf Spy Lite on my Android phone, and (with the usual amount of trouble to get one which worked) an ELM-type Bluetooth device to plug into the car. Leaf Spy Lite works. The Car Scanner app also works. So I purchased Leaf Spy Pro...
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    reduction gear replacement

    The reduction gear and the differential are combined in one alumin(i)um casing, and they are, together, almost all the transmission. The rest is of it is the two drive shafts and constant-velocity joints to connect the differential to the drive wheels. The whole of this reduction gear with...
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