Recent content by TheMagster

It would be worth knowing the history of the vehicle if you can get that info. Has the car been in Hawaii its whole life, or was it recently shipped there? Was it frequently quick charged? Be wary of a car that came from a super hot climate, such as the southwestern US. I don't really consider...

Very interesting! Is it actually NEC compliant? The videos on his site (nocord.com) make it a bit easier to understand. Looks like you have to provide your own EVSE as well, so definitely not cheap, but worth it for some. Makes a lot of sense for anyone with a garage.

I've only skimmed through this thread, but it looks like you've gotten a ton of great advice. I'll offer my story, since there's a lot of overlap with what your situation. I live in Oregon as well, near Astoria. No local Nissan or EV dealerships here, so all of our shopping was online and in...

Our off-lease 2015 Leaf was in perfect condition when we bought it, but one of the only signs that it was a used car was the residual adhesive from the first owner's parking pass. The temporary moving permit left some adhesive on the rear window as well. When a razor blade didn't work to remove...

I assume this has been asked before (sorry, I didn't page through all 180 pages of this thread!), but from what I've read elsewhere in this thread/forum, a GID (Gary's identification unit?) is a number that Nissan engineers made up to talk about their batteries. 1 GID roughly equals 80 watt...

Good ideas, thanks. I would be more than happy to use an AUX cable for my phone and let my wife has sole dominion over the Bluetooth connection. I think I might just do that. I had forgotten that the car even has an AUX input, I thought it was Bluetooth only... All other Bluetooth devices we...

My wife and I share our 2015 Leaf SV. We both would love to use Bluetooth streaming from our phones (she has an iPhone 6+, I have a Google Pixel XL, we both like to stream music from Spotify and podcasts from other apps). When we first got the car the Bluetooth just worked, now a few months...

My state (Oregon) does have net metering, but our utility also offered us Time of Use (TOU) when we told them we bought an EV. We decided to stay with flat rate ($0.12 per kwh) because it seemed cheaper and easier to manage in the long run. We don't currently have net metering on our account...

I just started looking at this today, I'm trying to determine if this is worthwhile, or a waste of money. As I understand it, it is a 7600W grid-tie inverter and a level 2 EVSE combined into one unit. I chatted with a rep at wholesalesolar about it, and told me that it will prioritize usage of...

Cool, thanks for the feedback everyone! Good point. My wife's MacBook Air from 2013 is still going strong with plenty of battery capacity. I just replaced my Surface Pro 3 from 2014 due to a depleted battery (was getting about 2.5 hrs on a good day, it was a 9 hr battery when new). Both...

After learning how to get the most life out of the Leaf's Li-ION battery, I'm thinking about ways to prolong the life on the rest of the Li-ION batteries that I use, especially my phone and laptop which I use daily and rely upon for work. I've only seen one laptop that has an 80% charge limit...

Oof! Yeah, those are the types of experiences I'm trying to avoid! We stayed at a nice inn recently, and I called ahead asking if I could charge overnight. They said that they had no problem with it, but the layout of the parking lot wouldn't really allow it. As it turns out, our parking spot...

I've had my Leaf for less than a month, so I'm certainly no expert, but my wife and I went through a very similar comparison when shopping for ours. We were mostly comparing 2013, 2014, and 2015 models, and they all had mileage ranging in the 20k's, 30k's, and 40k's. I think the highest one we...

You're right, now that I've played with the PlugShare trip planner a bit more, it does seem pretty good for what I want it to do. Not accounting for elevation is a big issue, I hope they address that in the future. In my area I've seen hotels that are listed as having outdoor 120V outlets, but...

We park in an uninsulated garage at home, and it definitely helps keep the car cool in the summer, but I don't think it will do much to help keep the car warm in the winter, so you are right we will likely rely on preheating in the winter quite a bit (or just try to use steering wheel and seat...