That is awesome! Someone did something similar to a 2016 Kia Soul EV and found that the GOM would only display a little over 150 miles, does the LEAF display show the 250 mile range or something else?
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 10:14 PM Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > 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 -- David D. Nelson _______________________________________________ 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
