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Glad to see that the battery is fine. Cool setup, highly advanced. Good work ! Yves

Hi hwfailure, i just saw your post, and found my password to reply I am glad to see what you did. I had not thought about the foil. nice. it must be better than my install in the winter temps does it increase the battery temperature in the summer ? on the years that there could be a summer...

I bought a kw meter and at -22 C, the thermo cube had never stopped the circuit. 300 watts is low heat on such a large battery. So 300 watts for 12 hours at about 8 cents per kwh was about $0.29 for that night. It cost less than a heated garage for me. I bought a bluetooth odbii elm327 last...

I confirm that the carwing works for my american leaf in Canada. I was already registered by calling nissan usa to get the registration transfer made from the previous owner to me. I gave a usa address. This is cool. I now can start the heater from my workplace Also. I downloaded the nissan app...

I can not totally confirm. But i tried to start charging my car from different apps (leaf control web, open wings, leaf manager,....) Not sure which one worked but i received an email that my leaf was charging. I looked through the window and it was charging. I will check tomorrow and see to...

I am from Laval. If you do this and need help. Let me know

Sorry for late reply. It is easy to remove the plastic battery covers. Bolts all around. Heat dissipates on the metal battery casing. Casing not hot when they activate. But they do activate at low temp of 0F. And shuts down at 10F. I never tried at summer temps. You can try a air dryer of 1500...

I would agree with you but in the winter time (Canada here), lower kilo-watt means lower car temp. There is a direct link between the two. After complaining about heat, my local Nissan dealer service supervisor informed me that some Leaf owner have returned their cars thinking that the car does...

To the op, did you know that on D (drive) the heater follows the temperature You have set. But in Eco mode, it follows some preprogrammed temperature. I tried many times to drive in D and in Eco. Going into the battery status display , the car would go from 4.5 kW heating in D to less than 3...

Thanks Pringles for this information. I also am Canadian with an American Leaf.

For mynameisjim, I also saw lower power at below -27c for an example. That maximum speed on the highway was 105km/h (about 64 mph). Once you are at no bar, you do not know how cold the battery is. My car is outside year-round.

Can the plugshare information be converted into a POI file for Garmin?

180 watts could be enough but the fact of heating from one central point, I am not convinced that the cells would be heated evenly

My last electrical bill was up by about $100. I live in Quebec and I was in Florida for 3 of the weeks of that time. So the explanation is that last year, it was warm for that period. This year it was windy and very cold. Home heating is the culprit. Yes last year the car was not charging , but...

Gee, you busted my bubble so rapidly , you are right. Thank you for that reality check. A plug in the trap will be, then.

I agree with you CRLeafSL 100%. No, 110%. But in 2011, when I tried to buy a new Leaf, the dealer here in Canada told me they will not sell the car to me, because I don't have a heated garage. I thought it was a stupid answer and got me frustrated. So I waited to get a used one I could modify...

Pkarza, I am a bit late but through the image from Tony, I installed pads and it works well : http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=15673" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (mod section)

If you check the mods section , I put a message of heat pads I stuck under the battery pack. It heats up the battery to doubles the distance travelled at those low temps. And I always have the inside heat at maximun using the car. It is easy to do and does not cost much. About $150.

Having one pad left, I redid a sample install: Fiberglass insulation, aluminum tape and pad: The material: Once glues and taped: The 120 volts input: Today, -21C (or -6F) and the battery is warm at 4 bars, guess-0meter at 98 km (or about 60 miles):

Hello to all, Last spring, I figured that my new to me 2011 Leaf could need help next winter. I do not have a heated garage or even a garage. The car is always outside at home and work. Only plugged in at home I saw car engine oil pan heat pads many years ago like: So I figured I could mimic...