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Yes, I've seen it.
Options are:
1. Disconnect the speaker but that also disconnects the simulated engine noise when moving slowly forwards. Also gives a dashboard warning.
2. Use an OBD2 plug / LeafSpy Pro Android software to change it, but Nissan have disabled this for latest models (grrr).
3. Put a sock in the speaker or tape it up to reduce the output level.
4. Wire a switch between pin 5 on the sound module and ground (this is where the missing dashboard switch should be wired).
I shouldn't need to and won't be doing any of these.
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5 minutes ago, Shaun Walsh said:
There's probably an option to turn it off in page fourteen of the LCD menu under "obscure settings"
I wish it was that simple.
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I've just sent the following question to Nissan UK Customer Services. Let's see what they have to say about it. I resisted the temptation to send it as a complaint, but that option is always open as a next step.
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I recently picked up my 2022 Nissan Leaf from Evans Halshaw in Doncaster. I am generally pleased with it but I have one major concern. The car has a very loud annoying sounder which comes on when reversing. There does not appear to be any way of silencing this sounder.
This is contrary to the requirements of UK legislation, which requires cars with such devices to be fitted with a switch to allow the driver to silence the sounder when judged necessary. Such times would include when reversing in sensitive areas such as in hospital / hospice grounds or during the hours from 11:30 pm to 07:00 am in built up areas when it would in fact be illegal!
The following link is an extract from the UK government website which shows the requirements for Electric Vehicles. The requirement for the switch is shown in Section II clause 2(b).
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1576/annex/paragraph/1
The following link is from the UK government Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. Section 99(1)(b) clearly shows that a sounder must not sound within the hours 23:30 and 07:00 on a restricted road.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/99/made
I note that older UK models of the Nissan Leaf had a switch on the dashboard to silence the alarm, but it is missing from my vehicle. Would it be possible for my car to be retrospectively fitted with a switch to make it legal for me to drive at night, or for you to explain to me why mine is not fitted with a switch?
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1 hour ago, Don Fry said:
Having had to jump out of the way on a regular basis in car parks when blind homicidal maniacs reverse out of spaces without looking, over the years, a bleep to warn, “en garde”, is good.
I agree, but the Nissan Leaf sound is comical and embarrassing. I haven't used it at night yet, but I assume it still beeps. Surely illegal between 11:30 pm and 7:00 am in built up areas! Even railway crossings need to be quietened / silenced at those times in order to pass the DforT inspection, so a beeping car should not be allowed either.
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1 hour ago, John Lee said:
I can’t with my Soul EV & doubt that you can as it is required by law:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-noise-systems-to-stop-silent-electric-cars-and-improve-safety
I've just read the link. It would appear that Nissan are non compliant as they do not allow the sound to be temporarily disabled - at least not on the latest models. I might take this up with Nissan.
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37 minutes ago, IDD15 said:
My September 2019 Leaf does not generate a noise when reversing, and I have a button next to the charge port flap release were I can turn off the forward warning noise when travelling below 20 km/hr. So I'm guessing it was built just before the legislation came in.
Welcome to the Leaf owners club, hope it all works out for you as well as my Leaf(s) have for me. 👍👍👍
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PS. Don't forget you can use your overnight leccy rate for other things than charging the car. They don't know (yet!) what you are using the electric for! 😉
Dishwasher has a timer on it. I've just made an Arduino driven board to simulate pushing the start button on my washing machine at a set time. Both being used most nights. I'll soon have 2 X 9.5kWh batteries which will be topped up overnight to supplement the solar charging. Hoping not to have to use much full price electric eventually.
Regarding noise, I don't mind the simulated engine noise to alert (sight impaired / jay-walking) pedestrians. It's the reverse beeping that I find unbearable. Other manufacturers don't have it and it used to be switchable on older Leafs. Nissan have even stopped it being controllable via the OBD2 service plug for the latest couple of years.
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Well I managed to get myself onto Octopus Go tariff.
Only snag is that I convinced myself that it was worth while leasing a Nissan Leaf to facilitate it - picked it up on Wednesday.
Any one know how to stop it making that stupid embarrassing beep beep beep beep beep beep .... reversing sound? 🤬
Other than that, it seems like a great car, and at 2p per mile (night time charging at 7.5p/KWh), it's about 10% of the cost of fuelling a similar sized petrol car.
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I have 6x 5000 60C Turnigy Heavy Duty packs I bought in 2019.
Never used. Still at Storage Voltage so should be as good as new.
I decided to sell all my large electric models just after I bought these.
Screen dump from my purchase history attached.
Yours for £240 for the lot (That's £40 each).
Located in Doncaster. Collection only due to postal restrictions. Includes a free cuppa and a chat.
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I often think that the likes of eBay etc should be held partially responsible (liable) for fake goods sold through their site. As it stands, they actually benefit by the 10%+ commission they earn. If fake goods are reported to eBay, at best the seller will issue a refund and carry on selling the fake goods.
Now if eBay was obliged to pass any reports of fake goods onto the police / authorities, and take 10%+ of any fines / sentences, things might change. Until then, eBay buyer beware.
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1 hour ago, cymaz said:
We’ve left the Elizabethan age and are now in the Carolean age.
Maybe we should adopt "Sweet Caroline" as our new National Anthem.
It might go some way to improving Charles' popularity rating.
I don't have a bad word to say about the Queen by the way. RIP Queen Elizabeth.
I do have my doubts about Charles' ability to fill his Mother's extremely large shoes.
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3 minutes ago, Eric Robson said:
She could always go on a blind date,
In Venice obviously......
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7 minutes ago, Andy Stephenson said:
This would be an unconventional use of USB as the data lines are specified as a differential pair.
In which case, the mono jack plug must just be for the differential pair (not power and ground).
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19 minutes ago, Andy Stephenson said:
First of all what would the cable be used for as there seems to be some confusion. A USB A has 4 conductors 2 x 5V power and 2 data. It seems like the only use a mono mini-jack plug with only 2 connections when connected to a USB, would be to carry the power.
Or 1 ground and 1 data output from transmitter to simulator.
5v power and data in (to the transmitter) are not needed as the transmitter uses it's own power.
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5 hours ago, cymaz said:
If there is no wind @ 0mph, how come it’s direction is from the North 🤔
Gravity.
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4 hours ago, extra slim said:
Last night I dreamt I was a horse again, that's 5 nights on the trot
I hope that you are in a stable condition now.
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What's not been mentioned is that the guy appears to actually assault the drone pilot by poking him with the sharp end of the gun just before he grabs it.
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44 minutes ago, Chris Leggate said:
Thanks guys. I notice that CHEP offer a free pickup service but I doubt they’ll turn up for my one. If only I still had my allotment it would “vanish”
Well according to their website, the pallets are their property and they say they will collect them for free. That's why I questioned the cost of transportation in their business model.
THIS pick up request form talks about collecting a pallet in it's singular form.
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3 minutes ago, Jon - Laser Engines said:
fads and flavours of the month are common in aeromodelling in my experience, as is the drama and panic of anything new coming along and upsetting the status quo and, as you say, a slew of products to fix a problem that never existed.
Does anyone remember mice? those add on exhausts that made your engine super quiet. They were in vogue for a short time when i was a kid. If i remember rightly, they worked brilliantly. The problem was, they worked by robbing your engine of all its power so were of questionable value!
While not in a panic about all the new gadgets we have now, i do question the value of most of them and cant see that they really enhance my modelling experience.
Aay, these new fangled electric motor thingies 😉
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I've never heard of CHEP though I have seen a few blue pallets.
What a great idea, though the cost (money and environmental) of transporting the collected pallets must be affecting their business model.
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59 minutes ago, Martin Harris - Moderator said:
I would have thought the reference was to the 5 cell rechargeable battery going up to around 7.5v at full charge whereas a 4 cell dry battery might peak at around 6.2v when new - both nominally 6v....
The (my) point is that surely a 6v servo is designed to work from a nominal 6v battery, regardless of it's make-up. If not, then neither type should be used as they can both exceed the rated servo voltage. It makes no sense to regard the servo rated voltage as an absolute maximum.
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That is arguably true, though a top quality alkaline cell can have a lower internal resistance than a mediocre NiMh cell.
Also, the most damage to the S128 servo in question will occur when it is the only servo being moved, not when multiple servos are moving together. This is when it will be supplied with maximum voltage (and therefore current).
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42 minutes ago, Nigel R said:
5 cell nimh, nominal 6v, is nothing like the same animal as 4 dry cells, also nominal 6v, in a battery box.
I thought that volts were volts. I didn't realise that there were different sub-species of volt. Please explain.
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The imperial marks are based on standard 8 foot boards. The marks equally divide the 8 foot boards into 8 (12"), 6 (18"), 5 (19+3/16" ish) and 4 (24"). The 400mm mark is the metric equivalent based on 2400mm boards.
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Not asking for silence. The subtle sound it makes going forwards would be fine, but the reverse sound is MUCH louder. I took my wife to the dentist yesterday and had to reverse out of the car park. A group of workmen stopped what they were doing INSIDE the dentist and came outside to see what all the commotion was about. It's embarrassing!
This is the old style Leaf, but the sound is similar. Yuk.