Is it possible to replace the nissan leaf original small 12v battery with a bigger capacity one from the petrol or diesel car ?
or the car will somehow struggle with the regular car battery ?
There is evidence that higher capacity batteries charge better in the Leaf than the OEM size.arnis wrote:Bigger battery doesn't fix a thing.
Just replace it with cheap appropriate battery.
The cheaper the battery, the better
Well it's very logical because that small battery always charging when the car is on or at the charging station. So why not have some additional capacity and use it for example for charging a laptop or something like that.. i don't always like to leave my car running when i want to use 12v accessories.. so the additional capacity is very good idea for that.LeftieBiker wrote:There is evidence that higher capacity batteries charge better in the Leaf than the OEM size.arnis wrote:Bigger battery doesn't fix a thing.
Just replace it with cheap appropriate battery.
The cheaper the battery, the better
Actually, it goes more like this: the Leaf stops charging the OEM battery too soon because it reaches the predetermined voltage too quickly, while it is still undercharged. The bigger batteries stay at a lower voltage much longer as they soak up charge, so the car keeps charging them for much longer. We've speculated for years that the Leaf was designed for either a lithium 12 volt battery or an AGM unit, but the company cheaped out when it went into production and just used a small starting battery instead.Markokk888 wrote:Well it's very logical because that small battery always charging when the car is on or at the charging station. So why not have some additional capacity and use it for example for charging a laptop or something like that.. i don't always like to leave my car running when i want to use 12v accessories.. so the additional capacity is very good idea for that.LeftieBiker wrote:There is evidence that higher capacity batteries charge better in the Leaf than the OEM size.arnis wrote:Bigger battery doesn't fix a thing.
Just replace it with cheap appropriate battery.
The cheaper the battery, the better