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Part balancing and part capacity of the bar. I think I read someplace that the bms balancer shunt is something like 80 or 120 mah? and there are four per cell or four per module which would be one per cell. In any case, that is miniscule compared to the cell capacity which is well over 40 amp...

There is capacity in that 16th bar so of course it lights up and then charging continues as that bar "fills up". Also, once the pack is at 100% there is some balancing that happens at low charge rate. All normal.

I do not mind paying for the convenience of a fast charger, although $10 which is what it is around here is a bit high. I'd prefer say 6 or 7. But the economics are tough, it is an expensive piece of equipment and there is maintenance involved as well as the backend systems. Plus the power of...

Looks like one of these will do the job http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-1-4-and-3-8-in-Drive-Torx-Bit-Socket-Set-11-Piece-HTXBS11PCSR/203559459 Take it with you to Lowes or Homedepot tool isle.

Do you have the chademo fast charge option? A/C comes on during fast charge, if no fast charge that may break the A/C required linkage.

Primary mode is to spin the generator, charge the battery and draw power from there. There is a tertiary path through the planetary gearbox for motor power to reach the wheels but it's not primary. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

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Evidently there are rubber isolators invloved, the compressor is fairly heavy, the bracket mounts directly to the frame. It does not vibrate but every road bump causes some movement. Mine failed just under 3 years with just over 11k miles :roll:

I checked again, brake fluid change is listed every 45,000 miles or three years. That isn't unreasonable, it is dot 3 which can pick up moisture readily. So basically, that and the constant cabin filter changes are the only non check or inspect actual maintenance items until you hit 20 years...

I did spend some time looking over the maintenance schedule supplied by Mitsubishi last night. It is pretty amazing how little actual maintenance is there, unless I missed something it consists of: A lot of "inspections" which can be done by the most oblivious owner. Some "inspections" which...

Dealers can be hilarious. I purchased my used 2012 about 6 weeks ago. Yesterday I get a call, which I did not pick up, and an e-mail from the dealer. "Happy you purchased a vehicle from us, yada yada". We've set up a personal web page for you! OK, so I go and click the link. I need the VIN #...

Unless I need to stretch the range I like B mode. Also like to leave all but the boy racers in my rear view when launching from a traffic light :mrgreen: At least up to 40 mph or so, I don't need to drive as fast in general in the Miev but do like the initial surge. On longer drives I'm...

FWIW, "Full" for lithium packs is generally considered to be 4.2 per cell 4.1 is only 90%

Depends on how ham handed you are. From "B" to "N" are all steps up and to the right slightly, there is a gate and step left to go up to "R" which makes it fairly safe to shift to neutral. But you know, the mechanically oblivious could blow it ;).

Find a different dealer :shock: Lithium batteries are not like decade old cell phones, they do not have memory. The problem you were having which was addressed by the discharge has to do with the electronics that sit between you and the car, the electronics make calculations based on usage but...

Good that it works now. I would think that once it fails to initiate it has failed, leaving it plugged in for hours does nothing. Plug in initiates a handshake where the car and evse agree on current then the contactors in the evse close and power flows. If the contactors fail to close that...

You'd need a stop watch and a calculator to figure out the wattage on the charger I was at today. All it gave you info wise was the kw in and elapsed time. The evgo rates are a little high, don't mind the fiest session but the fact tge car cuts it off is super annoying.

This was in Waldorf at the mall, no issues at all with the station fwiw...

This nrg evgo network seems to have no way to check what you were charged until it hits your credit card? I took a trip to the mall 42 miles away today to try out the evgo dcfast charger. It is the only one easily in range from my rural location, although once I hit that one I could skip...

Yes, on the toe in I would say on a smooth road with not excessive crown, you should feel you need to pay attention but not be constantly correcting wandering. You also don't want to look away and reach for something either <g>. There is no self correcting, but neither should it be unstable.