Can I use the Leaf's 12V battery to charge another 12v battery? EDIT: I should mention that this isn't just a battery, it's a power pack designed for this sort of thing.
I do this with my ICE car battery. I plug the powerpack into my ICE car battery via the 12v cig lighter sockets(12v dc to 12v DC) and use the alternator(car running) to charge the powerpack.
Can you connect two batteries in parallel and have them even out their charge?
EDIT: I have learned that this is not going to work. You have to have ~14.5 volts to charge a battery. Battery to battery direct charging, I have been told, will not work for this reason. I thought I was recharging a low charge battery with a higher charged battery but it must have been a false reading from exciting the lower charge battery. I am thinking that if I checked the voltage again after letting it sit a bit I would have prolly seen that the charge on the low battery fall back to what it was originally.
EDIT:Do I need to have the leaf running when I try this? Will the voltages of both batteries become an even level if the car is running/not running?
I am wondering if the main battery pack under the car will somehow affect charging somehow. Does it make it not possible or would it also provide some juice to fill both 12v batteries?
And if any of this can be done, can it be done while the Leaf is charging?
ANSWER: I learned from a different post that this cannot be done while the vehicle is charging. The Leaf must be in ON, Ready to Drive mode, otherwise the accessory battery will drain.
Is there a 12v Cigarett lighter port? EDIT: kubel posted the answer; Thanks! It's underneath the climate controls in the 2013.
Thanks a bunch for any idea, answers, suggestions. =)
I do this with my ICE car battery. I plug the powerpack into my ICE car battery via the 12v cig lighter sockets(12v dc to 12v DC) and use the alternator(car running) to charge the powerpack.
Can you connect two batteries in parallel and have them even out their charge?
EDIT: I have learned that this is not going to work. You have to have ~14.5 volts to charge a battery. Battery to battery direct charging, I have been told, will not work for this reason. I thought I was recharging a low charge battery with a higher charged battery but it must have been a false reading from exciting the lower charge battery. I am thinking that if I checked the voltage again after letting it sit a bit I would have prolly seen that the charge on the low battery fall back to what it was originally.
EDIT:Do I need to have the leaf running when I try this? Will the voltages of both batteries become an even level if the car is running/not running?
I am wondering if the main battery pack under the car will somehow affect charging somehow. Does it make it not possible or would it also provide some juice to fill both 12v batteries?
And if any of this can be done, can it be done while the Leaf is charging?
ANSWER: I learned from a different post that this cannot be done while the vehicle is charging. The Leaf must be in ON, Ready to Drive mode, otherwise the accessory battery will drain.
Is there a 12v Cigarett lighter port? EDIT: kubel posted the answer; Thanks! It's underneath the climate controls in the 2013.
Thanks a bunch for any idea, answers, suggestions. =)