Jerry, The Valence battery rated for 14.8v max input and I’ve monitored the cars charge output at the battery- never above 14.7 and that’s only when outside temperatures are cold. It actually ramps the voltage down as temperatures go up.
Perhaps you meant that Volt modules behaved that way? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2019, at 04:40, jerry freedomev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Cory and All, > Understand the max voltage on the 12vdc module is only > 12.5 vdc so likely unless you changed it and I don't know how you would, , > it'll be badly overcharged. They are robust and likely survive a few months > but if the charging voltage is not fixed, they will die. > And low temp charging isn't good either. > Here in the SE US someone has bought all the Volt packs and > driving up prices. I've just finally got another after a month of trying vs > before it was just pick the lowest cost one after bargaining. > I have a 7kwh module available if anyone is interested and > likely have more in the future. > BTW for shipping these, etc, Fastenal ships pallets > from store to store very cheaply, just call them electronic parts as they get > strange when batteries are mentioned even though the Volt modules are very > safe. > Jerry Dycus > > On Thursday, January 17, 2019 05:37:30 PM EST, CoreyH via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I’m wondering if you might be better off buying a used Chevy Volt or Leaf > pack to get to your goals for a reasonable cost? I’m seeing the Gen1 Voot > packs sell at wreckers for around $2k, but I’ve seen them as low as $1300. > > I also bought one of those EBay Valence batteries that I have now used for a > week as the 12v battery in my ‘13 Chevy Volt. So far so good, but I cannot > help much for your application. I’m a little worried about the high > temperature protection that kicks in at +50C. > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190118/4e31708f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
