Hi David, I have seen 278 miles indicated on my display, so it seems the Leaf does not have *this* defect, though it will probably have others ;-) For others who asked: it seems quite difficult to get your hands on good used Leaf batteries. Especially higher capacities. When I heard about the pack that I have in my 2012, about half year ago, the local EV'er wanted $11k for it, though early on while mentioning various ways to get packs he revealed that they got this for 7500, so when he probed my interest I tried to sound not too enthusiast and offered him 7500 as well (which would mean that he needed to eat the transport cost he invested to get this pack to him). So, he tried to sell it for a few weeks, then we got back in contact and I could pick it up for 7500 cash, which is a good deal for a 62kWh pack. It did have some serious damage though (cracked and dented top of the metal enclosure, which is supposed to be airtight. I did not see water intrusion, so I used Gorilla Tape over the cracks to seal it again. We'll see how well it holds out, my experience with it has been good so far. Cor.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 11:39 AM David Nelson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
