u/Lightzeaka

Hi all.

I don't exactly know how to read leafspy, but here are some screenshots.

I drive a 2015 leaf with a 24kwh battery (more like 15 with it's current SOH) and it was now entered turtle mode 4 times while it had greater than 10 percent or so SOC. The first time it was in the morning on the way to work while probably at 90%. I fixed this by just turning the car off and back on. The next time was also in the morning at probably 95%. This time, restarting the car didn't help, but removing the 12v battery cables for around 5 minutes did fix it. The third time, it happened at around 80% and restarting did fix it. And the most recent time, it happened (in standstill traffic) at around 25%. Restarting didn't work but resetting the battery did.

Is this just my 12v needing to be replaced? It's only 4 years old which I assumed was not a big deal, but maybe it's time. I'm also considering getting a 64kwh vivine battery soon but it's still gonna be at least a year before I can afford it.

Thanks in advance!

(I included a picture of the DTCs, you get some fun historical data there.)

Info: this is a tree outside my home in Aurora Colroado. You'll see in one of the photos, which is a screenshot of a security system, it was hit by a car (https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/s/qktyg0B1yn) and didn't even budge. However, two and a half years later, it seems to be mostly dead. It's sending out lots of suckers, even going 10+ feet under the sidewalk in to the lawn (where I ripped up some of the roots, check photos). I'm starting to think this collision caused a lot of the problems. I don't have a photo of the collision side, but the bark is still not recovered and it's mostly just exposed. I can get a photo of this later today.

I'm fairly confident it's either a Lacewood Elm or a Black Locust. Most signs point toward Black Locust, but the leaves don't seem right, and it's also never flowered in the 4 years I've had this house.

I mainly want to identify the tree so I can figure out what I can do to help it recover, or what steps I'll need to take to remove it when it dies. It's a nice big tree, but it hasn't been very green since the summer of 2023.

I decided to do a big refurb on my swamp cooler this season!

I've used it in the past quite a bit but the last time I winterized it, I noticed a very small leak in the pan. So I decided to look up tutorials on how to repair it and settled on an uncharted DIY video. The process involved grinding away all the rust I could from the pan as well as the panels and panel components, including using a rust jelly, and then painting it with a cheap spray paint. I unfortunately had to just paint over some rusty spots I couldn't get rid of. I would have liked to actually just replace the panels and panel components but I couldn't find them for sale anywhere. So painting over rust will have to do. After it all dried, I put down a layer of gorilla water seal tape. Then I put down a layer of clear rubber paint (flex seal). After it dried, I did another layer. One annoying problem was that a handful of bugs made the first layer of flex seal their grave.

Of course, as soon as I finished with the whole refurb, it started snowing! Gotta love Denver in May!

For some context, I also have a very effective AC unit. But this much older swamp cooler still works really well. It only really cools down upstairs, but it does a great job at it. If my math is accurate, running it over my AC saves me about $350 per summer in electricity. I'm going to keep very close track of its performance this summer, including a spreadsheet with lots of data, which I will probably share here in the fall.

Overall cost of this refurb (not counting the 10 foot ladder I bought to access my roof more safely) was $280.

I've been spending the last week cleaning and preparing my evaporative cooler for the summer. This panels are really rusted and old and warped. I've been doing my best to scrape the rusted areas to prepare them for new paint but I'm starting to think it might be time to just replace them. Anyone know where I can but new swamp cooler panels, as well as the filter holders? (also pictured)

I don't know what brand my swamp cooler is, but it's pretty old. I replaced the motor last year and I'm going to make sure to get some good use out if it. The panels are 28"x23".

If these don't exist anymore, I guess I'll get back to scraping and painting.