kolmstead
Well-known member
I started a thread a while back called "Couldn't make it". People made a lot of suggestions on how to improve winter range on an older Leaf. The most important technique is to abandon timed preheat. In my case, the timed preheat (which only lasts 15 minutes) was using 9% of my battery on cold mornings because the heating coil draws 5-6 kW and the on-board-charger can only provide 3.3 kW. The battery does not have time to recover before you leave for work.
If you start the heater using Carwings and let it run for 45 minutes or an hour, the car will warm up, heater power requirements will diminish, and the charger will top off the battery.
-Karl
If you start the heater using Carwings and let it run for 45 minutes or an hour, the car will warm up, heater power requirements will diminish, and the charger will top off the battery.
-Karl