Recent content by REM

I had the same experience soon after I got the car. In my case it was a helicopter from a Maple tree.

My dealer tells me that I can only extend the lease six months. Bummer.

My 2 year lease is up at the end of October '17. I am contemplating extending it. I have a Tesla Model 3 reservation, but it's at least one year off and I have to drive something in the meantime. Residual is 15k, which isn't bad, but I am concerned about the longevity of the battery without...

I've found that if I set the charge current (without changing it) thay it will update properly. If it's not plugged in I can also just hit start charging. Ridiculous that the app doesn't update on its own or have an update button.

I am putting together my plans for doing this right, and I'm trying to decide between a 1500 watt continuous aims pure sine wave and a 2000 watt model. The price difference is considerable, and I wonder if 2000 is just overkill as it is more than a standard 15 amp outlet. I'll have to measure...

I have a modified sine wave inverter and would recommend a pure sine wave. We are still without power (estimated resortation is Monday by 11:59 pm), and because it's 17 degrees we are staying with friends, so I gave up on the refrigerator days ago. Because we lose power a lot, although...

Well this is crazy. We lost power again. Our town is in a state of emergency due to high winds (recorded at 81 mph). With so many people without power it's going to be a while. We are yet again running our main refrigerator using my car and power inverter. It used ten miles (one bar on...

I ran two extension cords to power lights and charge cell phones all night. Then I ran my coffee maker tbis morning. I should have used my watt meter to measure how much power I used, but I didn't think of it. I'm thinking about plugging one of my refrigerators, but I don't think my inverter...

That was timely. It's windy and my power went out. Power inverter, extension cords, car on, park break on, car lights off. Works like a charm.

Thanks for doing the tests and posting the results! This thread has been infomative!

Sorry, I just noticed that I missed a whole page of the thread. I guess that's what I get for reading on my phone... So was the key to not press the brakes and just turn on accessory mode, or whatever it is called, instead of starting the car as if you were to drive it?

I stand corrected, you're right that I can adjust charge % in the free part of the app. Unfortunately, it's already set to 100% at all locations.

Last week I unplugged my car in the morning and noticed that it wasn't fully charged. It should have been. Then it was fine the next couple days and I forgot about it. Then it stopped charging at 7/8th two consecutive days. It resumes charging if I wake the car up, but I'm not sure why the...

I ran a power inverter off of my Leaf to power lights and my coffee maker during power outages. It worked great, but I could leave the car on (without sitting in the seat) and connect the hot to the 12v and other side to the DC/DC converter so it would keep the 12v charged from the traction...

As has already been said, without hearing it it's impossible to determine if it is normal; however, I will say that the heat pump does make a lot of noise when it is working hard in cold weather.