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Micah - do they turn the block heater plugs off in the summer?

I am using the charging cable L1 that came with the car at 110 v 8A occasionally 12A

I had similar problems at similar temperatures a couple of times. Good to know that unplugging and plugging back in resets it. Thanks.

Do you use your remote to preheat on very cold days and if so have you had any problems with it?

Here is what my owners manual says about the battery warming system "You cannot charge the main drive lithium-ion battery when the main drive lithium battery temperature is -13F(-25C) or lower. The air conditioning will automatically operate and the main drive lithium-ion battery will be heated...

Strange. If it does not operate when unplugged or fully charged, what use would a battery warmer be? When driving the battery is discharging generating heat and does not need a warmer. When it is fully charged and plugged in or unplugged and parked is just about the only times you would need a...

Wait a minute! Looking at the diagram, the battery warmer is supposed to come on at any temperature between -15C and -30C. Presumably it warms the battery up to -15C using some of the charge right? If I am plugged in would that not mean that the battery stays at -15C or higher and the charge...

Even though my imiev was plugged in and charged, think you are right that the operation of the car at all must be iffy in the -25C range and I do not think I will trust it to try to drive below -20C in future. In terms of editing my carport, this is not going to happen. After upgrading from a...

I don't think the remote had timers on it. For one thing, I have never set one and another, it seems to have trouble sending the signal when it is cold. I was going by our indoor/outdoor temp monitor with an outdoor sensor not far from the car, not the car itself since I have not figured out...

I will put a meter on the accessory battery next time I can. Although the car is not blue. I was able to buy any colour as long as it was white. Good thing thats the colour I wanted. But a fan comes on for a few seconds just as I plug in so if that is a tell and the fact that I have the 8A -...

We have only had the car since just before Christmas so not much experience yet. We are retired and this is a second car (actually I would expect that it will be our first car if you know what I mean). But we do not use it for a commute or necessarily use it every day and have never drawn the...

For the second time, I have seen the dreaded indicator car with an exclamation on it. Both occasions were when the outside temperature was in the -20C to -25C (-4F to -13F) range. The car is outside but under a carport. -20C to -30C are not uncommon for our location in Ontario Canada. The first...

The 120V charging cord that came with the i-miev has a switch on it to choose between 8 and 12 amps. Is that the same thing or similar to the EVSE mod? Gary

Please excuse the naive question, but do all i-mievs have battery warmers and if not how can I find out if mine does?

It kind of hit me by surprise so I am not sure the exact temperature on the first day but -22C is possible. I had difficulties with the remote connecting this morning and the thermometer said -19C but it could have been -22C Thanks for the great graphic