Hi gang, Just a short report on one of my new exploits with Nissan Leaf batteries. About 5 years ago I installed 2 used Leaf packs in my US Electricar (Chevy S10 conversion) and it has been a very useful vehicle still today, due to the used (deteriorated, but cheap) packs the truck started with 100 miles of range (about 35kWh combined capacity from the two original 24kWh packs, each at that time between 70-75% capacity). I am repeating this with a second US Electricar but I had the opportunity to escape to another project that I wanted to do for some time:
This last weekend I worked on a 2012 Leaf that I bought last month for this purpose: Installing a 62kWh pack that was salvaged from a crashed 2019 Leaf. There are two major incompatibilities: the pack is taller (by 40mm) and the Leaf accepts only the original battery ID as valid to be able to drive the car normal. The first is not a major issue - just get some longer bolts and not be afraid to drill 2 new holes for a mounting position in the middle of the side where the new pack does not line up. That means the pack sites lower than the original 2012 pack, but that is OK. Just slightly less clearance. The second issue can be solved by deploying a "man in the middle" in the CAN bus between car and battery. I got a CAN bridge from Dala in Finland, programmed it with the code created by Muxsan (who also installs battery extenders in Leafs in The Netherlands) and placed it in-line with the battery CAN bus. Success! I now have approx 250 mile range on my 2012 Leaf, so it is ready for its 2nd life, starting with less than 100k on the Odometer achieved with the original 24kWh battery that was deteriorated from 80 to 22 mile range. Cor. _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
