gatedad11
Well-known member
This was kind of weird, but I realize it doesn't mean what it seemed...
On Sunday I had driven my car 10 miles to drop my wife off at work. I left home with all 16 bars showing and arrived there with 14 showing. Range had been 73 miles and it was reading 62 miles then. Typical for me on a nice day. Just to check if the nearest Nissan dealer's Level II untis had been fixed(they had been off line for a while), I stopped in and plugged into their unit. I sat there for at most 5 minutes because I really didn't have an urgent need to charge. After 5 minutes I unplugged and looked at my battery charge indicator as well as the range. Showed all 16 bars and back to 71 miles range! No way that was accurate...I had estimated I'd get maybe 1-2 miles added back in. Once I started driving, I lost a bar almost immediately. But the range dropped in proportion to as if it had actually charged fully. Returning home(10 miles) that range remaining showed 61 miles). How is that possible? I know it's a quirk, I HIGHLY doubt that I gained 10 miles in 5 minutes(and the battery was nearly fullwhen I plugged in). What happend thouigh?
Lou
On Sunday I had driven my car 10 miles to drop my wife off at work. I left home with all 16 bars showing and arrived there with 14 showing. Range had been 73 miles and it was reading 62 miles then. Typical for me on a nice day. Just to check if the nearest Nissan dealer's Level II untis had been fixed(they had been off line for a while), I stopped in and plugged into their unit. I sat there for at most 5 minutes because I really didn't have an urgent need to charge. After 5 minutes I unplugged and looked at my battery charge indicator as well as the range. Showed all 16 bars and back to 71 miles range! No way that was accurate...I had estimated I'd get maybe 1-2 miles added back in. Once I started driving, I lost a bar almost immediately. But the range dropped in proportion to as if it had actually charged fully. Returning home(10 miles) that range remaining showed 61 miles). How is that possible? I know it's a quirk, I HIGHLY doubt that I gained 10 miles in 5 minutes(and the battery was nearly fullwhen I plugged in). What happend thouigh?
Lou