After returning from a 1 week vacation, my 6 mo. old Leaf is stone cold dead. I now understand the Blink charger drains my 12 volt battery, and leaving it plugged in is most likely the reason I have no life in my Leaf. I initially called the Carwings help # and scheduled it to be towed to the dealership. Then I learned it was just a dead 12 volt battery, I cancelled that and plugged in my handy 12 volt trickle charger I have for my moped. We do not "need" the Leaf until Thursday. Now after 6 hours of trickle charge, I have had no improvement. The car electrical system remains completely stone cold dead.
Is there some reason the 12 volt trickle charger will not recharge the Leaf 12 volt? Do I have some other problem with the car? I spoke to the dealership(Power Nissan in Salem Or.) just now, & there "Leaf" mechanic is out for a few days. The person I spoke to seemed to know less about this than I(he did not know that leaving the Leaf plugged in to the Blink charger could drain the 12 volt). I was going to try and "jump start" it but we moved a year ago and I can not seem to find my jumper cables. My plan is to leave it on the 12 volt trickle charger overnight, but I am skeptical that will charge at all. I have tried to make sure battery drain items are off, but it is hard to know if they are off when nothing comes on in the car.
Sorry if this has been addressed before. If so please direct me to the appropriate thread( I have not found a thread addressing my question).
Is there some reason the 12 volt trickle charger will not recharge the Leaf 12 volt? Do I have some other problem with the car? I spoke to the dealership(Power Nissan in Salem Or.) just now, & there "Leaf" mechanic is out for a few days. The person I spoke to seemed to know less about this than I(he did not know that leaving the Leaf plugged in to the Blink charger could drain the 12 volt). I was going to try and "jump start" it but we moved a year ago and I can not seem to find my jumper cables. My plan is to leave it on the 12 volt trickle charger overnight, but I am skeptical that will charge at all. I have tried to make sure battery drain items are off, but it is hard to know if they are off when nothing comes on in the car.
Sorry if this has been addressed before. If so please direct me to the appropriate thread( I have not found a thread addressing my question).