Re: [EVDL] wrecked leafs batery

2022-02-15 Thread Haudy Kazemi via EV
I've found that the Leaf main pack holds charge quite well, at least on early Gen 1, even if left disconnected from an EVSE for an extended period of time. There do not appear to be vampire losses that are able to discharge the main pack when the car is off. They can only discharge the 12v. The ca

Re: [EVDL] wrecked leafs batery

2022-02-15 Thread Charles via EV
If you are comfortable with using an Arduino you can put together a little tester and check the info with leaf spy before pulling the battery https://github.com/dalathegreat/Nissan-Leaf-Battery-to-OBD2 hth Charles > On Feb 15, 2022,

Re: [EVDL] wrecked leafs batery

2022-02-15 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 2/15/22 16:11, Bill Woodcock via EV wrote: Leaf packs are _not_ the ones you want. You want Volt packs. They have a nice liquid cooling system, break down and reassemble like Lego, and aren’t going to be fried. On the other hand, volt packs require futzy liquid cooling, and can't be

Re: [EVDL] wrecked leafs batery

2022-02-15 Thread Jay Summet via EV
I purchased a leaf where the drivers airbag had gone off. When I received it, I was able to get it to power up by charging the 12v battery. I attached LeafSpy via an OBDII dongle and cleared as many DTC's as I could, at which point it would "run" and "drive". I believe if you remove the batte

Re: [EVDL] wrecked leafs batery

2022-02-15 Thread Bill Woodcock via EV
> On Feb 15, 2022, at 7:36 PM, redscooter via EV wrote: > > I'm thinking getting leafs from salvage yards, some pics show dash > working some and others show the front is so beat up thast the 12 volt > battery is probally disconnected. BUT is there any way that the HV pack > could be drained t