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Hi All, My trunk lift supports are failing. Who has replaced - if so have you purchased OEM or aftermarket? Looking for your experience here. Thanks!

A neutral ground bond goes between the neutral and ground. What do you mean by putting one between the AC output of the inverter and the 120V charger? What capacity of inverter do you have?

Looks like you might be fresh out of luck. What I will say...a lot of users have reported a jump in stats when they push their car hard (deep discharge, multiple QC's etc). Whereas in my experience, daily charging and short trips tricked the BMS into reporting lower stats. When my wife started...

If the GOM is showing close to (or less) than your distance to destination, slow down! As a rule of thumb every 5MPH speed reduction at highway speeds will get you an extra 10% range. I've managed to limp home a few times...

What's the purpose here? Is this to prevent theft?

Battery stats seem to be very dependent on driving / charging cycles. Short commutes and irregular / small charges seem to be detrimental to statistics. Long driving and full charging seem to be beneficial to statistics. I used to have an 16 mile round commute and charged to 80% every 2nd...

The correct terminology is demand response. It tends to be used only in critical periods when supply shortages are imminent. Typically it curtails interruptible municipal loads (ie. multi MW water pipeline transfer pumps) and industrial loads. These loads are compensated for being...

What's the difference in heat rate of a CCGT power station at 50% load vs 100% load? What's the difference in heat rate of a OCGT at 50% load vs a CCGT at 100% load? What's the difference in heat rate between a inefficient peaking liquid fuel turbine or reciprocating engine to a CCGT at 100%...

+1 This is great news and a welcome change of heart on Nissan's behalf. Glad to see them finally looking after their early adopters.

Days in the 90's are different to weeks where the lows are pushing the 80's. Yes there are many contributing factors to battery capacity degradation. Based on the evidence available it appears that by far and away the largest contributor is sustained high pack temperatures. All the factors you...

You're pretty combative for a guy coming here asking for free advice. The advice you have received is correct. Perhaps you misunderstood your electrician and misquoted his design intent on the forum. Being called out on the code issues with this design (in a kind and respectful way) is not a...

Might be worth running a 80A 120/240 feeder to a new panelboard in the garage. Gives you options for future expansion and probably wouldn't be that much more expensive.

Are the others you are comparing yourself to also in Maine? With an average high of 79 in July (highest month) I don't expect you would have any significant battery degradation issues, regardless of whether your battery is original or 'lizard' chemistry.

On the 2013+ models you can't charge to anything but 100%. Nissan removed the 80% option to get a higher EPA range figure. From what I've read I wouldn't be worried at all about charging to 100% daily. Just set the charge timer to finish when you depart (this will help get some warmth into the...

First question you have to ask yourself is, are you willing to own a car that has little to no manufacturer support in your country. Leaf's are known to be reliable, but when something inevitably goes wrong where will you turn? Where in NZ are you? If you're not up north, you're going to have...

You should make it based on the information you've provided (travelling at <55MPH is great for economy). Tony's range chart gives 103 miles of range at 65MPH (see http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=4295). Given the bulk of your commute is lower than this you should theoretically...

Great battery stats for a 2013.

How many battery capacity bars do you have? Before I had my degraded battery replaced under warranty I noticed grabby brake performance and had very little available regeneration (particularly above 40MPH). With the new battery both brake performance and regeneration is greatly improved. I...

Measuring battery charge is not an exact science. It's not as simple as measuring the level in a gas tank. It involves calculations including voltage, temperature, energy in / out integrations, voltage under load etc. I suspect your charge was just below the threshold (let's assume 60.98%) and...

Call (877) NO GAS EV (or 877-664-2738) with the VIN. Ask for in-service date and confirm the car is eligible for the 5 yr 60k mile battery capacity warranty. Go into the dealer, say you have an 8 bar leaf under battery capacity warranty. They will need it overnight to do a battery test (at...