DaveinOlyWA said:
Because charging every 3 days (assuming driving patterns are fairly consistent) means you put in 3X more than you needed
DaveinOlyWA that really does not answer my question.
We know charging to 100% and leaving it is bad. Same with low % and leaving it.
But supposedly leaving it in the 20-80% range is ok. So if I use 20%/day, why not charge to 80%, and on the 3rd day when it's at 20% charge back to 80%.
Why is it better to plug in for 30min every day, rather thank for 90 min every 3 days.
Answering " just because it is" ... is not an answer.
I'm keeping an extremely detailed log (which I will post one day) of my charge discharge SOH, AHr, Hx which includes mileage, battery and ambient temp, L2 or QC etc, basically I record everything from LSP everytime I drive and everytime I charge, and what I am seeing is that (if SOH is related to degradation) is that it drops with usage. The more I drive the more SOH and AHr drops. No matter my charging habits.
If the car sits (as long as it's not 100% or dead) there's hardly any drop in Hx or SOH or AHr ... bu when I drive, regardless of QC, L2 20 to 80, 40 to 60, it matters not... mileage is causing Hx, SOH and AHr to drop.
I'm noticing about 1% (SOH loss) per 1000 miles, again, regardless of charging habits.
So tell me why do I need to charge every day... from what I am learning so far, it appears that the only way to preserve this Leaf battery, is to charge it to somewhere around 50% and leave it in a climate control garage, and never use it... Anything else you do, will cause degradation.