The San Diego temperatures have been pretty hot too!!
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa ... o/historic
SeasonsAfter wrote: ...been leaving the Leaf to bake in the sun at work...
LeftieBiker wrote:Make sure it spends as much time at 100% charge as possible.
smkettner wrote:...You need to QC, drive, QC, drive..... until the battery temp is at the top of the gauge and limiting charge level...
cwerdna wrote:...Run the battery to near dead then QC to heat up the battery, drive till near dead, QC to heat, etc...
If it's cooler outside at night than in your garage, don't leave it outside to cool. Maybe you can get someone else to do a QC, drive, etc. roadtrip when you can't...
BuckMkII wrote:...He doesn't have a QC.
Do you know a retiree who would do you a favor of L2ing it for 90', driving a quick lap on a highway and topping it up again every day?
cwerdna wrote: ...In hindsight, the OP should've sent his car for "heat treatment" in Phoenix or Vegas starting around May 2017 thru at least September or October...
As usual troll, you are missing the facts.edatoakrun wrote:I wonder why Nissan suspended its out of warranty support program, when Nissan LEAF owners are so conscientious about caring for their battery packs]
Actually I believe quickly deep cycling the battery is not harmful.smkettner wrote:Sorry missed the no L3 port.
Best you can do is cycle the max out of it. In the evening run the heater all the way to Turtle or full shut down. Then charge overnight to 100%. Still good to get some fast miles on it to max cycle the battery these last days. Get up in the hills to really work it. If it sits try to be at 100% but I would be driving the wheels off.
The behavior being discussed is a rational response to an all or nothing warranty. A prorated warranty would have avoided any economic incentives for such games.edatoakrun wrote:I wonder why Nissan suspended its out of warranty support program, when Nissan LEAF owners are so conscientious about caring for their battery packs?
You might be right although driving hard should add some battery heat. Run the heat on max with the windows open.dm33 wrote:Actually I believe quickly deep cycling the battery is not harmful.
It’s worse to let it sit, especially hot, at the extremes. Either very high state of charge or very low.
You can charge it and while parked run the heater to drain the battery without adding miles.
+100 to wwhitney's point.wwhitney wrote:The behavior being discussed is a rational response to an all or nothing warranty. A prorated warranty would have avoided any economic incentives for such games.edatoakrun wrote:I wonder why Nissan suspended its out of warranty support program, when Nissan LEAF owners are so conscientious about caring for their battery packs?
Exactamundo.cwerdna wrote:+100 to wwhitney's point.wwhitney wrote:The behavior being discussed is a rational response to an all or nothing warranty. A prorated warranty would have avoided any economic incentives for such games.edatoakrun wrote:I wonder why Nissan suspended its out of warranty support program, when Nissan LEAF owners are so conscientious about caring for their battery packs?
FWIW, I try to baby my battery except on Friday (charge to 100% at work that day instead of 80% on most Mon thru Thur; try top off at free public L2 charging on the way home about 5 miles from home) and some Saturdays (may charge at free public L2 charging to near 100% and might stay at 85 to 92% for 12+ hours on Fri and Sat nights) as I've noted at posts like these:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.p ... 09#p513309
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.p ... er#p507632
My climate is not as mild as the PNW so I can't be concerned like Dave at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.p ... 10#p509210 of not wanting to charge because it is 55 F outside. On most days in the afternoon here, it is warmer than 55 F.
Awhile after I bought my 5/2013 built used '13 Leaf in July 2015, it was discovered or I became convinced that the 4/2013+ batteries were better. Even w/the earlier crap batteries, it was marginal in my area about whether one would make it to 8 bars before the 5 year/60K capacity warranty expired. Some would make it and some wouldn't. But w/the better batteries and 12 bars when I bought it, it became clear I wouldn't make it, so I baby the battery. I lost my 1st bar in Nov 2017 and ~49.6K miles. There's no way I'm going to be down to 8 bars when my capacity warranty expires near end of June 2018.