Dead Nissan Leaf help!

[katie279]

Hey all,

One of my cars, a Nissan Leaf appears dead today - it looks like the internal light was left on, so I'm guessing it's drained the 12V battery (which in itself is a weird thing in an electric car).

I've tried charging it, but my battery charger is spitting an error 2 as it's only reading 2.9v after charging for a bit.

Is the battery dead or am I missing a trick with these new electric cars?!?

 

[katie279]

Yeah, sounds like good advice - new battery it is then!

 

[katie279]

Yeah, think easier to just swap the battery - although I agree car battery chargers are a mess of non-standards - eg trickle Vs smart, work with start/stop Vs don't, jump capability Vs not. The 'smart' ones appear to have gone backwards in ability to actually charge batteries.....!

 

[katie279]

Yes, I imagine it might help to buffer/smooth the voltage from the main batteries to the more sensitive components also - that said, I can't see why they aren't smarter - ie could use the main battery to trickle feed/maintain the 12V - just old fashioned thinking I suspect from petrol design days ...!