Something I learned (the hard way) is that often when the gas gage reads E that you are at or near the point where the fuel pump is no longer being cooled well by being immersed in the fuel. This leaves you vulnerable to burning out the pump and being stranded. Very similar effect to running your batteries too low. There is something to be said for E having a fairly good reserve but also keeping that reserve as emergency supply not relying on it.
Lawrence On 2013-01-18, at 18:32, Cal Frye <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/18/13 8:39 PM, Lawrence Rhodes wrote: >> Love the Leaf but my wife keeps making mistakes and drawing the pack down to >> 6 >> miles range or less. She still >> doesn't understand taking any battery pack to the edge is bad. Lawrence >> Rhodes........ > > I am NOT going to make this a gender thing, as I know counterexamples on > both sides. But yes, I loved the fact that my ICE VW Rabbit had a gas > gauge that was dead-on accurate: When it got down to E, the engine began > to sputter and choke. > > SWMBO likes the "reserve" our Chrysler (ice) gives her - when it hits E, > there's a gallon and a half left to get you to the next refuel. But we > count on that too much, have cut it very close at times, and have been > stranded more than once... > > I wouldn't mind it if it worked like the really early Beetles - the > range meter would reach zero at, say, 20% SOC, and you would have to > physically throw a switch or something to discharge it any further. I > would locate the "extended discharge switch" under the hood... > > -- > Best Regards, > -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College > Mudd Library, x.56930 -- CIT will NEVER ask you for your password! > > www.calfrye.com, www.oberlin.edu/cit/ > ' > "Try something. If it doesn't work, try something else. But for God's > sake, try something." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
