I've certainly noticed the same effect. My daily commute is about 60km and I typically get home with about 30km on the GOM. I mostly drive in ECO and only use the heater coming home. If it's raining it's more likely to be about 15km left (or even Low Battery Warning) when I get home.
Leigh
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- Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 13:26
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Range in wet weather
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2102
- Sat, 19 Sep 2015, 02:36
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: New Leaf Owner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5016
New Leaf Owner
Hi Rodger - It's good to get another LEAF owner here. My red LEAF and I have just celebrated three years of happy commuting.
I'm also in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Leigh
I'm also in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne
Leigh
- Tue, 28 Oct 2014, 02:52
- Forum: AEVA VIC Branch
- Topic: Go Electric Sustainable Transport Festival
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5335
Go Electric Sustainable Transport Festival
I agree. It was good to see almost all the production EVs in one place, as well as a couple of superb conversions (I'm looking at you, Johny). That included some tempting electric motorcycles as well. Congratulations to the organisers for a great day. The weather was kind compared to today (Monday) ...
- Tue, 21 Oct 2014, 03:35
- Forum: AEVA VIC Branch
- Topic: Go Electric Sustainable Transport Festival
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5335
Go Electric Sustainable Transport Festival
I and a few other Nissan LEAF owners will be there. Not officially displaying but ready to chat.
Leigh
Leigh
- Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 16:36
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Nissan Leaf - Charging.
- Replies: 70
- Views: 17207
Nissan Leaf - Charging.
acmotor wrote:That does beg the old question.... Why was the EVSE brick for the Leaf and iMiEV fitted with a 15A plug when it draws absolute max around 9.5A, no surge and pf >.98 ?
It does prevent uninformed people plugging the EVSE into double adapters or those $2.50 power boards.
Leigh
Leaf Spy
I also bought a dongle which looks like yours. It didn't seem to work but it certainly didn't crash the CAN. From reading the forums there seems to be a large variation in quality of these cheap units from China. I bought another dongle which looks like this which works fine with Leaf Spy app but I ...
- Mon, 30 Dec 2013, 15:25
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: EV buses 60 foot Bendy Bus 240 km range, in wheel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1115
EV buses 60 foot Bendy Bus 240 km range, in wheel
BCI were selling an electric school bus a couple of years ago. A school operator in Vic bought one. That would be Crown Coaches. Crown Coaches I see this bus, and their BCI Hybrid bus, about once a week coming out os a school on Springvale Road in Donvale so I suspect the school requests them speci...
- Sat, 23 Nov 2013, 03:02
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: Public charging
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2904
Public charging
I have idly looked for the chargers at Fed Square (Melbourne) and the Airport but not finding them, kind of given up on J1772 for now. I've used the J1772 units at the Airport (Level 2 next the walkway to Terminal 3/Virgin) a couple of times over the last 18 months. You needed a Blink card then, I ...
- Mon, 04 Nov 2013, 18:51
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Leaf Pricing
- Replies: 59
- Views: 10321
Leaf Pricing
haha-it changed! I was trying to see it change! NoTailPipe - which colour did you choose? I am tossing up between black or white. White is likely as the Australian model interior isn't as white as the Japanese pictures. I chose Red as it goes faster http://forums.aeva.asn.au/smileys/smiley1.gif Leigh
- Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 19:24
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Leafonomics
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2844
Leafonomics
The solution here is for your EVSE to change the charge rate in real time as your solar output changes and your other loads change. That way you can have a 6.6kw charger, but most of the time charge much more slowly to maximize the amount of solar power used to charge the car (and minimize the expo...
- Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 01:50
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Leafonomics
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2844
Leafonomics
I have 3kW of solar panels installed. Because I have solar panels SP Ausnet requires me to be on a Time Of Use tariff. This is (inc GST) 34.21 cents/kWh peak (7am-11pm Mon-Fri) and 20.46 cents/kWh off-peak (all other times). Because I only got the panels installed recently I only get 8 cents/kWh as ...
- Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 01:00
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Nissan Leaf - Charging.
- Replies: 70
- Views: 17207
Nissan Leaf - Charging.
I've been routinely getting (according to the dash) 160Wh/km in winter and was getting 140-150Wh/km in summer so 120Wh/km sounds suspicious to me as well.
The guess-o-meter is however notoriously optimistic so the indicated 100km of range added is unlikely to be achievable.
Leigh
The guess-o-meter is however notoriously optimistic so the indicated 100km of range added is unlikely to be achievable.
Leigh
- Sat, 17 Aug 2013, 02:39
- Forum: Charging Infrastructure
- Topic: Commercial charging stations
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4322
Commercial charging stations
is chargepoint/ orgin energy the only charge point suppliers left in the country ? I heard that there are blink units in Melbourne. any idea who you contact for Australian operations ? going to write up a capex report for work to get a charging station (long to do list, sometime in next 6 months) A...
- Fri, 16 Aug 2013, 16:22
- Forum: Mitsubishi
- Topic: ODB2 download?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1313
ODB2 download?
Thanks for the replies Doug and bladecar.
I'll investigate these options.
Leigh
I'll investigate these options.
Leigh
- Thu, 15 Aug 2013, 02:27
- Forum: Mitsubishi
- Topic: ODB2 download?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1313
ODB2 download?
I bought a cheap Chinese one on eBay and it doesn't work properly (you get what you pay for I suppose).Lismore_Doug wrote:I have the Bluetooth ODB2 adaptor (not a cheap Chinese one, but the Yank one),
Which particular Yank one did you buy and from whom?
Leigh
- Fri, 26 Jul 2013, 02:57
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
My RACV magazine arrived today and there is a story which says the first fast-charging station in Victoria is the one at Swinburne. I also checked the Vic EV Trial website and it also states that Swinburne is the first one (4th July, 2013) and Moreland is "one of the first" (19 July, 2013). For g4qb...
- Thu, 25 Jul 2013, 17:53
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
I notice that a number of sites on recargo report a NEMA 5-20R socket. Is that real? Is this provided along with J1772? It would make using these possible for DIYers that do not have J1772, Chademo or SAE - just 15A 3 pin with a small adaptor. For instance, this one in the City of Kingston: http://...
- Thu, 25 Jul 2013, 16:22
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
I don't have any inside contact to request this information. According the the Moreland City Council press release about $50,000 was spent providing the charger and EVSEs.g4qber wrote: hi leigh
would you be able to find out how much the unit cost & installation costs?
Thanks.
Press Release
Leigh
- Thu, 25 Jul 2013, 13:32
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
Particularly those motoring journalists who seem to believe that EV drivers regularly charge from completely empty to 100%, having presumably pushed their car to the charger.g4qber wrote: It might take 1 hr to fully charge
Ie. 100%
30 mins = 80% charge
Possibly for those who really need 100% charge.
Leigh
- Thu, 25 Jul 2013, 03:05
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
The charger at Moreland claims to be the first in Victoria, so I won't quibble with that. There is another CHAdeMO charger operational at Swinburne Uni, 20 William St, Hawthorn. Look it up on Recargo. I just found this out from the Nissan LEAF Australia Facebook page. It's also chargepoint and is fr...
- Wed, 24 Jul 2013, 02:25
- Forum: General EV Discussion
- Topic: First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3545
First Chademo charger in Melbourne operational
For those of us lucky enough to be driving EVs with Chademo (Fast DC) charger inlets: The first (so it says) Chademo Level 3 charger in Melbourne is now operational. I checked it out last weekend. It's at the Moreland Town Hall, 90 Bell St. You enter down a one-way laneway from Bell Street. It requi...
- Mon, 22 Jul 2013, 17:06
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Battery "degragation" andy palmer & Chelsea sexton
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3892
Battery "degragation" andy palmer & Chelsea sexton
30% loss in Batt capacity Don't get me wrong. Capacity degradation in Li-ion batteries is a real issue for all EV owners, including me, and is dependant on climate. My Samsung Galaxy S3 is only 12 months old and barely lasts 18 hours before requiring charging (was significantly longer when new). Th...
- Sat, 13 Jul 2013, 02:57
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Battery "degragation" andy palmer & Chelsea sexton
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3892
Battery "degragation" andy palmer & Chelsea sexton
Single data point:g4qber wrote:
Makes me think twice about the leaf if I am living in a hot climate
Today marks 12 months I have had my LEAF. 22500km. So far no battery degradation observed.
But then most people wouldn't call Melbourne a "hot climate"

Leigh
- Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 23:20
- Forum: Technical and conversion discussion
- Topic: EV Sticker for Number Plates
- Replies: 56
- Views: 13092
EV Sticker for Number Plates
I bought the last pair from Bryce and put them on my LEAF yesterday.
Now I'm all legal
Leigh
Now I'm all legal

Leigh
- Wed, 12 Jun 2013, 03:30
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Leaf Range *no discussion*
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11385
Leaf Range *no discussion*
(Taking a similar approach to acmotor for his i-Miev) 21000 km in 10 months I only charge to 80% (Nissan "long life mode") Weekday commute: Home -> daughter school -> work: 40km. 90 minutes. No heater usually because the car pre-heats while plugged in. work -> home: 30 km. 60 minutes. Heater used in...