Just a nitpicky tech thing from an EE - it's AC to DC converter and DC to AC inverter.Its out completely or working poorly? Unlike a regular car, you can drive a limited amount on your LEAF. The inverter will heat up and likely trigger the fans when temps get high (I know, you are thinking "fan?? What fan?") Be prepared. When they kick on, they are quite loud. In 13+ years of LEAFing, mine only kicked on one time. I was cruising thru Snoqualmie and stopped for a pee deposit. Parked, shut off the car, peed and about 3 mins later just as I was about 3 feet from the car, the fans kicked on and scared the beejeusus out of me!
Sounded like the car was about to take off.
A few weeks later, I was out in the garage and noticed the car was making more noise than normal when charging despite charging for barely an hour. It was the pump. So grabbed some LEAF Spy and compared it to earlier data and it did seem it was running a bit warm.
So took it in and the pump had a broken impeller and tech guessed it was doing no more than 20% of its normal flow. So it was replaced and all was back to normal.
During this time, I not only climbed over (and back) Snoqualmie, but drove around averaging 50-100 miles a day for a few weeks before realizing something was amiss.
My saving grace?
Free DC charging for most of that time. Does not use the inverter so it only heated when driving.
Is there an inverter in the Leaf? It would be nice to be able to use the DC voltage from the Leaf battery to power my house through an inverter changing the DC to AC.
My 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning DOES have an inverter and several 120vac outlets and one 240vac outlet - called ProPower on-board.
Using a neutral switching transfer switch I can power some of my house circuits up to 30A max total.