Orbiter2006
Member
Hello I am a newbie here.
Located in Netherlands I drive a leaf bought new in January 2015. ( 24 KWH battery)
Dealer did 1 QC at delivery, Leaf Spy confirms still 1 QC as I never do QC.
I drive 5 times a week around 22 miles a day and charge at night using standard EVSE cable on a 240 Volt 16 Amp outlet in my garage.
I use the timer to start charge after midnight ( not in the weekend) and use the 80% option to extend battery life. Charging is stopped at 7 am and I have always had normal range after a charge.
Only used 100 % charge a couple of times to handle a longer journey.
In a year I have now 5900 miles on my Odo and all looks fine.
But I have been monitoring using LeafSpy and I see over 715 L1/L2 charges. I am sure that I have not charged it more than 300 times !
Last week I recorded the L1/L2 counter and see it step up from 702 to 706 to 709 to 711 to 715.
I am not aware of power failures at night and the cable, box and wall outlet do not heat up during charging.
Why does this counter increment 2 to 4 steps during one night ? Could this be cause by cell balancing ?
Or is the Android app Leaf spy (tried both lite and pro versions) counting wrong ?
Another thing is the SOH readout, it is at 88% after just one year and 5900 miles.
Temperature in Netherlands in summer rarely gets above 80 F and winters are mild, not below 23 F .
I have heard that SOH lowers faster in the first year but I had not expected this rapid decrease.
I have a yearly check-up at my dealer scheduled next week, should I raise this issue ? A "normal" user ( without OBDII dongle and Leafspy) would not notice anything unusual !
I plan to do a 100% charge cycle on Sunday morning so I can monitor things more closely and see if I still have 12 bars. I can read out battery SOC and temp with Leafspy but I think ODBII only works when I power up and this may interrupt charging.
Is there a way to record or plot a charge graph showing voltage and temperatures during a charge session ?
Greetings !
Located in Netherlands I drive a leaf bought new in January 2015. ( 24 KWH battery)
Dealer did 1 QC at delivery, Leaf Spy confirms still 1 QC as I never do QC.
I drive 5 times a week around 22 miles a day and charge at night using standard EVSE cable on a 240 Volt 16 Amp outlet in my garage.
I use the timer to start charge after midnight ( not in the weekend) and use the 80% option to extend battery life. Charging is stopped at 7 am and I have always had normal range after a charge.
Only used 100 % charge a couple of times to handle a longer journey.
In a year I have now 5900 miles on my Odo and all looks fine.
But I have been monitoring using LeafSpy and I see over 715 L1/L2 charges. I am sure that I have not charged it more than 300 times !
Last week I recorded the L1/L2 counter and see it step up from 702 to 706 to 709 to 711 to 715.
I am not aware of power failures at night and the cable, box and wall outlet do not heat up during charging.
Why does this counter increment 2 to 4 steps during one night ? Could this be cause by cell balancing ?
Or is the Android app Leaf spy (tried both lite and pro versions) counting wrong ?
Another thing is the SOH readout, it is at 88% after just one year and 5900 miles.
Temperature in Netherlands in summer rarely gets above 80 F and winters are mild, not below 23 F .
I have heard that SOH lowers faster in the first year but I had not expected this rapid decrease.
I have a yearly check-up at my dealer scheduled next week, should I raise this issue ? A "normal" user ( without OBDII dongle and Leafspy) would not notice anything unusual !
I plan to do a 100% charge cycle on Sunday morning so I can monitor things more closely and see if I still have 12 bars. I can read out battery SOC and temp with Leafspy but I think ODBII only works when I power up and this may interrupt charging.
Is there a way to record or plot a charge graph showing voltage and temperatures during a charge session ?
Greetings !