Recent content by petere

Thanks for your suggestion: it's about one year old, and on 2/1/25: Car off: 13.02v Car 'Ready': 14.18v (and same while charging) A few months ago it got too low and caused the usual sort of issues. So I got a charger to perk it up. However the fact that is got low that time could be another...

Thanks for replying - yes I ordered an OBD dongle a few days ago, as I realised I'd have to start getting serious about these increasing problems.

Our 2012 imiev has recently had a few problems - maybe related?: Charging (via 240v 10A) sometimes stops for no reason - well before fully charged and when less than half full - eg after 2 hours today. Unplugging and replugging continues the charging but the length of these secondary attempts...

I did a bit of research and then purchased iMiev-specific LEDs from www.ledperf.com about 6 months ago and they are wonderful - very happy. I also polished the plastic lens with Brasso which helps a lot too.

Hi Don Here in Perth with 240v for many years used a simple timer a bit like this one https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Manual-Mains-Timer-Switch-16A-240VAC-1-Year-WARRANTY/322198873612 and wired into a 15A GPO to simply charge while our solar is good - eg 8am-4pm in summer. I've been testing 16A...

Our iMiEV is a white 2012 16kWh model we purchased new (we were told it was the first retail EV sold in WA). It was the only BEV available in WA at that time in early 2012 - the Leaf was still 6-9 months away and Tesla had not committed to WA since they were unsure of the number of sales. It has...

Sorry to hear of your situation, and to contribute to your frustration, I can confirm that the OZ 30kWh replacement battery pack is brilliant - our's was a 2012 16kWh model we purchased new and the range had reduced to about half - 80-100km. So we had the change done about 18 months ago. The...