Went through a puddle

[s1962a]

Went through a reasonable puddle the other day in my Leaf.. Water must have sloshed around underneath the 'engine' area - no issues at all.

Are the electric components shielded well enough to not stop working when going through puddles?

[mids]

Well there's an i3 testing video showing the battery pack fully submerged and the handbook says the car's ok to drive in up to 25cm depth of water so I think it's fair to assume that most mass produced EV's are safe enough splashing through puddles.

[amstrange1]

I remember doing some hot climate testing on an EV, when there was a biblical storm - resulting in several areas of the proving ground flooding. One of the flooded areas was the road to the canteen... Suffice to say we decided to do a full wade test a bit earlier than planned, with no ill effects - the same couldn't be said of the Bavarian motor that followed us through.

[anonymous-user]

All the High voltage parts are extremely well protected, behind multiple seals and bulkheads. However, if you submerge your car deep enough (probably something over ~2m deep!) then you will push water past some of the loom connector seals. What will happen then is that the battery isolation measurement systems, which is continuously checking the impedance between the high voltage wires and the vehicles bodyshell, will almost certainly call foul and pull the main battery safety contact out, leaving you stranded!

[AER]

That'll be a bit of a limitation for the EV Defender, won't it...?

[mids]

It seems to cope ok : http://youtu.be/ijsZcRYt-Lc?t=2m45s

[McWigglebum4th]

AER said:

That'll be a bit of a limitation for the EV Defender, won't it...?

Seeing that an EV doesn't need air there is no reason why you can't build an EV that will drive along the bottom of the sea

Wait a minute

someone has



Its quite big and powered by electricity

[amancalledrob]

McWigglebum4th said:

Seeing that an EV doesn't need air there is no reason why you can't build an EV that will drive along the bottom of the sea

Wait a minute

someone has



Its quite big and powered by electricity

WTF is that? (Apart from motherfking awesome)

[anonymous-user]

amancalledrob said:

McWigglebum4th said:

Seeing that an EV doesn't need air there is no reason why you can't build an EV that will drive along the bottom of the sea

Wait a minute

someone has



Its quite big and powered by electricity

WTF is that? (Apart from motherfking awesome)

Considering what it says on the side of it in big letters, i'm going for a subsea cable trencher...... ;-)

[amancalledrob]

Max_Torque said:

Considering what it says on the side of it in big letters, i'm going for a subsea cable trencher...... ;-)

That's not readable on my monitor

[amstrange1]

Max_Torque said:

However, if you submerge your car deep enough (probably something over ~2m deep!) then you will push water past some of the loom connector seals.

Presumably with some fatties inside the car to stop it floating?!

[c2mike]

Seems to do just fine in water:

http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&amp...