I agree with Phil as that would be the easiest fix. I have a gasser that has a ghost load somewhere. We bought it with a kill switch so that the battery won't drain. Now we just have to remember to always throw the kill switch because if we don't we have to replace the battery. Message: 4 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:09:58 -0800 From: "(-Phil-)" <philp...@gmail.com> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf 2013 Ghost Loads on 12V battery Message-ID: <cahenfdo0e8ovp6cugkcczw+sponsdrnx4m5kubwkj2htbaa...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Like pretty much all modern cars, there is a high standby load. The bulk of it is the security controller constantly pinging for the fob for the "keyless" entry system. If you aren't going to drive it much, consider a disconnect switch on the 12V battery. The original Leaf engineers realized this was a problem and mounted a small solar panel in the back to offset this on the SL models. The other option as you mentioned is a battery tender. On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 5:59 AM jamie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I don't know about ghost loads, but how old is your 12v accessory > battery? If it's still the original battery it's probably time to > replace it. > > Cheers, > -Jamie > > > On 12/9/21 6:09 AM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > > Hi folks > > After parking the 2013 Leaf in the garage for 3 weeks, it wouldn?t go > when I tried to drive it last night, flashed as error Contact the Dealer > with a bunch of yellow exclamation points. I remembered from the EVDL to > check the 12V battery and it was 9V so I charged it up and then all the > worthless error messages went away and could drive it. It?s been falling > out of favor with my son and wife since we?ve been driving the Tesla Y and > Bolt more but probably need to drive weekly to maintain the 12V battery > that seems to be on a shallow charge at 13.4V from the dc dc converter. > Does anyone know what the ghost name load is and how to eliminate it? > Maybe need to keep in a battery tender float charger when not driving it. > I?ll have to check the ma load tonight after work. I?ll be retiring from > GE Renewable Energy at Christmas so have more time to fool with this stuff > > Have a Renewable Energy Christmas > > Mark in Roanoke Va > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20211209/03826cd3/attachment.html> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ EV@lists.evdl.org For general EVDL support, see http://evdl.org/help/ http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org ------------------------------ End of EV Digest, Vol 110, Issue 6 ********************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20211210/33ccb396/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
