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Hi RobertST, I have been thinking about the imiev battery and temperature for along time now. I have been driving my Imiev in Montreal for 3 years without any battery issues. I do keep my car in a garage at night to charge it. That saves it from the very cold winter temps and somewhat helps...

Hi all, On the topic of inverter hi pitch sound i noticed its much more noticable in our second imiev. The first one is very quiet. Not sure why one produces a louder inverter sound then the other. Anyone else experiance this ? Don.....

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Well the easter bunny was good to us this year he brought us a big egg. A 2012 SE. White and blue. With very low milage. We don't have a name for it yet but for now its zippy 2. Don....

Another first..... On the relocation. I think lowracer replaced his battery with headway cells a long time ago. Congratz. It will be interesting to hear about how things go with the battery installed and how it holds up in cold weather. I hope you are keeping the air pump and bottle in the...

Hey Joe, Thanks for this post. I believe you are the first to have a cell failure and have canion data to support the failure. I also thought this looks like its in the area of the "hot temp sensor" the one that always seem to be a few deg above all the others when charging. I wonder if there...

Thanks so much iwatson. With this kit it would be pretty simple to install the DRL's Don.....

Hello again, Rather then my usual topic of cold weather I have a question about Daytime running lights. I was wondering if the wiring and the casings for the lights are already on the ES imievs ? Is it just a question of adding the lights and the relay to turn them on or is it more of a major...

Hi Sandy, I drove from my place to st bruno round trip. It was 100 km exactly. It was -16 deg C and I stayed there 3.5 hours charging L1 8 amps with the oem charger. On the return the wind was howling right in our face. From the junction of the 15 and the 40 I stayed on the service road at...

Hi robert, At 6 % soc battery temp avg was 7.1 deg peak 11 lowest 0 with the peaks on cells 17 and 50,55 the classic double bump temp readings lowest are 31 and 66. Voltage followed the same pettern exactly peaks of 3.62 and lows of 3.585 my cells are probably out of balance somewhat but...

A short update on some cold weather driving done recently. last weekend was very cold in the Montreal area. In fact we have been in a cold snap with lows of -24 deg c at night and highs of -10 to -15 during the day. Last weekend I did 240 km (150 miles) in these temps. About half of the was...

I have been using 1.25 for a while now with no real problems i like the auto reconnect logic except for in one area. When you are monitoring on the summary green page if it disconnects and then reconnects the summary values all reset to zero. I realize this is not easy to fix accurately but i...

Well here is a little update on my experience with the diesel heater (dh) in the imiev. I'll give more of a qualitative evaluation rather then look at the numbers. Maybe I will post some canion numbers a little later on. By the way, Anyone with canion can see how much they are spending on...

Well I decided to check out the quick charger that was giving Sandage and Mike some grief. I have been interested in what effect the battery temp has on operation of the car for awhile now so I thought I would post some of my findings. Things are pretty much inline with what others experianced...

How important is having quick charging ? Well for me i am happy that all the Canadian models came with quick charging. But to tell the truth i have only quick charged 3 times in 2.5 years. But the quick chargers are coming more and more online in my area so i may be quick charging more in the...

Dont thnk you can transfer mp3 directly to the drive unless you perhaps remov it and stick in in a computer nd look at the file structure and hoprfully figure that out and then coy the mp3s to it. Probably a fun project..... Since the radio plays bluetooth audio and most people have phones with...

Hi mike, Thanks for the details. Looks very similar to sandys who charged at much colder temps. If it ws - 1 deg c and you had been driving your car for awhile before quick charging the battery should have been above zero for sure. I would have thought the charge would be faster. It looks like...

Hey Guys, I realize that you are trying to get to the technical aspect of charging the imiev from solar, But Is it really worth it to charge on solar with L1 ? If you charge the imiev at 8 amps from solar you may get 4-6 hours of charging at best from a 1-2 KW array. That's not much in terms of...

Hi Mike, Do you mind posting the charging summary for that quick charge that you did ? You should have got an Email with all the info. I would like to see the time and KWH's for that charge at -1 Deg C. As for charging beyond 80% I have not seen that. My car stops the charge at 80-81%. I have...

Lucky you... I mean to play with a wrecked imiev not that you got in a wreck that sucks... Please do keep us on the forum up to date with what you do. If you crack the pack open i would love to find out more about the temp sensors. Where they are located and if they are really accurate. Any...