Recent content by johnr

I'm glad the story has a happy ending :)

Recently a neighbor asked if I could help haul over a sofa she bought. Easy-peasy :) At first I didn't think it would be possible - but with a little thought it worked quite well actually. I have the Eco-hitch on my vehicle, and it's proven to be very useful a number of times. I can pull a...

You can rent a portable Chademo charger from evseadapters.com, it'll make the charging quicker. Of course, if you're charging while you're sleeping, that's a nonissue. Quite a journey you have planned, and plenty of opportunities to discover interesting points along the way - looking forward to...

No need to argue over nothing, guys. :( Anyway, regarding current ripple, I have no ideas about that - something that's over my head. However, I wonder whether the car's AC inverter driving an AC motor might also generate current ripple during normal operation. Additionally, I tend to think...

I've used it several times so far, in my experience it seems quite reliable actually. One time it was 105 degrees but it didn't seem to be affected by the temperature. It is kind of heavy (about 50 lbs) but what do you expect. With the carrying handle it's not too bad. It is a metal case, feels...

Well there's a portable CHAdeMO charger commercially available now. This one from EVSEadapters puts out up to 20 amps which comes out to about 7200 watts. I've found I can fully charge in only about 2 hours - it almost feels like having a whole new car - it's great! Here's a photo of my car at a...

Interesting question. I actually used to drive a Leaf before getting my 2014 iMiev. So I did the opposite: I traded in a Leaf that didn't have a quick charge port for an iMiev that did. I honestly much prefer the iMiev. The only advantages the Leaf has over the iMiev is that the Leaf has better...

Canion still not working for me. This is the exact same OBDlink LX that I purchased: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H9S71LW The Canion developer thinks that I might have another OBD-II app installed on the tablet that's interfering, but if that's the case I have no idea if I do and how to...

I bought mine direct from Amazon Prime, and it came in the sealed packaging, so it's definitely not fake. Trying it in another car is not likely - AFAIK my iMiev is the only one within a 70 mile radius. Thanks kiev for trying to help, I do appreciate it. Where's the Canion developer? Are you...

Tried that just now. Unpaired everything, pressed the button on the OBDLink and paired it in Android, but still not getting any data updated in Canion. I haven't found anything about allowing the device to receive data. Checked all the settings I could find. On the bottom right corner it...

One more thing - I removed the OBDLink - literally, I physically unplugged it from the car - and Canion still continues to flash the message "connection successful". :shock:

I only have one android device that can run canion, the gps stereo I have installed in the car, running android 4. My phone is on android 2.4 so it can't run canion. Are you seeing only two lights on your OBDLink just as I am? I wonder if maybe mine is failing to actually connect on bluetooth...

Thanks kiev, but unfortunately that didn't work. I unpaired my phone so the only device paired is the OBD, and turned off everything except the battery temp and volts history, but it still keeps flashing the message "connected successfully" and not updating any data. The data on the left hand...

I have the ScanTool OBDLink LX plugged in, paired it to my Android device, but CaniOn is still not displaying any parameters from the car. It blinks "connection successful" (or something similar - sorry, too fast to read) every few seconds, but it's all zeroes on all the power graphs. I run it...

I'm having a lot of trouble getting Canion to work right, and figuring it out has been difficult in the absence of any documentation. I have a bluetooth OBD-II plugged in to the CAN port, and I have Canion running on my Android device. So far, it's only displaying battery cell voltages and...