HowardVAgnew
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I recently bought a 2019 Leaf off Carvana. I have long wanted an EV, this is my first. I've only had it a couple of weeks and am still learning.
I had a Tesla home charger installed, which unfortunately seems to charge at a faster rate than any of the charge rate estimates on the Leaf's estimates. I have not yet installed the phone app (mean to but my days have been busy lately, including having to get a new phone) so I'm reliant on the charge display screen on the Leaf telling me how many hours to charge to a certain point, I'm using the 6800 estimate. Monday (yesterday) I ran the battery down to the 30 percentile charge, and the charge timer display showed it would take 5 hours to charge to the 75% mark, and 5 more hours to get to 100%, so I felt safe setting the timer to charge for 5 hours (7 PM - midnight). I noticed the weather forecast called for frost, so I set climate timer to heat the car so it would be warm by the time I leave for work at 3:30 AM (after it should have stopped charging).
When I woke up and went out, I admit I enjoyed the sight of my car all nice and thawed for me (I've never had a car with a climate timer feature before) but it turned to a bit of a shock as I did brake + power to turn the Leaf on, and it showed I had a 100% charge. I quickly unplugged the charging cable, but the display showed a red error that the battery had no charge and EV service was required. I tried turning the car off and on a few times, but unfortunately I was forced to resort to starting my old gas car I was getting ready to sell to get to work.
I think perhaps the car had overcharged during the climate activation, perhaps this overheated the battery and prevented it from starting.
I forgot my work access badge in the Leaf. I'm a truck driver with a local delivery route, and fortunately my route for the day went past my house, so I decided to take my lunch at home to retrieve my badge, and while I was at it, I checked and the car started fine. I'm obviously not plugging it in as its at 100%, but I am putting on the climate timer again as its supposed to be frosty. I'll honestly feel a bit better if that knocks the charge down a bit when I start it.
Has the Leaf been tested to ensure the climate timer wouldn't overcharge the battery if it activates after the battery has already been at 100%? Or has that been tested and its impossible? How much would it cost to have an expert check the battery for overcharge damage?
Thank you so much for answering my question.
I had a Tesla home charger installed, which unfortunately seems to charge at a faster rate than any of the charge rate estimates on the Leaf's estimates. I have not yet installed the phone app (mean to but my days have been busy lately, including having to get a new phone) so I'm reliant on the charge display screen on the Leaf telling me how many hours to charge to a certain point, I'm using the 6800 estimate. Monday (yesterday) I ran the battery down to the 30 percentile charge, and the charge timer display showed it would take 5 hours to charge to the 75% mark, and 5 more hours to get to 100%, so I felt safe setting the timer to charge for 5 hours (7 PM - midnight). I noticed the weather forecast called for frost, so I set climate timer to heat the car so it would be warm by the time I leave for work at 3:30 AM (after it should have stopped charging).
When I woke up and went out, I admit I enjoyed the sight of my car all nice and thawed for me (I've never had a car with a climate timer feature before) but it turned to a bit of a shock as I did brake + power to turn the Leaf on, and it showed I had a 100% charge. I quickly unplugged the charging cable, but the display showed a red error that the battery had no charge and EV service was required. I tried turning the car off and on a few times, but unfortunately I was forced to resort to starting my old gas car I was getting ready to sell to get to work.
I think perhaps the car had overcharged during the climate activation, perhaps this overheated the battery and prevented it from starting.
I forgot my work access badge in the Leaf. I'm a truck driver with a local delivery route, and fortunately my route for the day went past my house, so I decided to take my lunch at home to retrieve my badge, and while I was at it, I checked and the car started fine. I'm obviously not plugging it in as its at 100%, but I am putting on the climate timer again as its supposed to be frosty. I'll honestly feel a bit better if that knocks the charge down a bit when I start it.
Has the Leaf been tested to ensure the climate timer wouldn't overcharge the battery if it activates after the battery has already been at 100%? Or has that been tested and its impossible? How much would it cost to have an expert check the battery for overcharge damage?
Thank you so much for answering my question.