Hello,
I live in the NW UK and have owned a Japan built 2011 ZEO for 5 years and have run a 11kW Muxsan battery extender for 2 years. The car has covered 68,000miles and just dropped to 9 bars on the battery indicator. I purchased my Leaf as soon as I could afford to having been a believer in electric cars since driving a 1935 Wilson back in 1980.
I have spent a lot of time on this forum, thank you chaps, both before purchasing the car and deciding to go for the Muxsan battery extender. Further to my research here I shall replace the reduction gear oil with Redline D6 ATF and plan to fit a 40kWh battery next summer. However like many owners I have been having problems with the car killing the 12v battery in short time.
I am now on the 5th battery in 5 years, the last one lasted 20 months with monthly conditioning charges using a pulse charger. The current 12v battery was not new and has completely discharged after standing for 48 hours :shock: The car is my daily driver and I need it to be reliable. I now intend to disconnect Carwings and install an Optima spiralwound gel battery. I am not an electronics enthusiast and am not interested in upgrading to OVMS... I just want a reliable car. (I do have Leafspy on my mobile and use the timer heater in the winter... Partly because I work part time... Partly to keep the cabin dry in an area where we have a warm wet climate and 100 inches of rain p.a.)
After much reading on this forum, I am saying "Hi" here but have asked a detailed question in "Range/Efficiency/Carwings".
Thank you all for the knowledge I have gained here.
Emma
I live in the NW UK and have owned a Japan built 2011 ZEO for 5 years and have run a 11kW Muxsan battery extender for 2 years. The car has covered 68,000miles and just dropped to 9 bars on the battery indicator. I purchased my Leaf as soon as I could afford to having been a believer in electric cars since driving a 1935 Wilson back in 1980.
I have spent a lot of time on this forum, thank you chaps, both before purchasing the car and deciding to go for the Muxsan battery extender. Further to my research here I shall replace the reduction gear oil with Redline D6 ATF and plan to fit a 40kWh battery next summer. However like many owners I have been having problems with the car killing the 12v battery in short time.
I am now on the 5th battery in 5 years, the last one lasted 20 months with monthly conditioning charges using a pulse charger. The current 12v battery was not new and has completely discharged after standing for 48 hours :shock: The car is my daily driver and I need it to be reliable. I now intend to disconnect Carwings and install an Optima spiralwound gel battery. I am not an electronics enthusiast and am not interested in upgrading to OVMS... I just want a reliable car. (I do have Leafspy on my mobile and use the timer heater in the winter... Partly because I work part time... Partly to keep the cabin dry in an area where we have a warm wet climate and 100 inches of rain p.a.)
After much reading on this forum, I am saying "Hi" here but have asked a detailed question in "Range/Efficiency/Carwings".
Thank you all for the knowledge I have gained here.
Emma