DIY ESS - Watching the End of Charge Remotely with Karotz

After charging last night for several hours during off-peak hours, this morning I turned on the ESS and it went to GTI Mode during shower and breakfast

When I left home for work, and switched it to Forced Charge Mode and placed Karotz - rabbit webcam - in front of the voltmeter

The battery pack voltage climbed nicely all morning ...



until it reached the programmed charge voltage limit of 28V (3.5V per cell times 8 cells), as you can see the upper left red is ON, meaning the voltmeter relay opened and the Charge Contactor opened as well, and all the chargers stop

As a result, the pack voltage drops slowly to 26.6V (3.32V per cell times 8 cells), which is normal ...

After and hour or so, I still have the same pack voltage of 26.6V and it does not seem to move anymore at this point

Tonight, full discharge of the ESS battery pack in GTI Mode - Normal Automatic Mode -

Nissan LEAF price dropping to 26kEUR in France

Since january 21st, Nissan has dropped the price of the LEAF in France to 26 kEUR*, that is 3 kEUR less than few days ago. 

This has probably something to do with the UK, Sunderland, new plant which is getting ready to make European LEAFs, with reduced shipping cost and no need to convert Yen into Euros ...

Source: Nissan.fr

*: including government incentive of 7,000 EUR for Electric Vehicles