[EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-22 Thread lektwik via EV
Hi Folks A friend has a 2001 Honda Insight with a degraded NiMh battery pack and wants to upgrade it to Lithium. I suspect there are multiple reasons this may not work, primarily that the on-board battery management software isn't compatible with Lithium. If anyone could provide "insight" on why

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-22 Thread Rod Hower via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-22 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
This is going to sound callous, but IMO, life is too short to argue with your friends about why their bright ideas will or won't work. Just let him know whether he can sleep on your couch if his lithium science fair project burns his house down. :-) David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Adminis

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-22 Thread George Tyler via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-23 Thread Lee Hart via EV
From: George Tyler via EV >I have been considering this too, but for some old Priuses I have. It is not >easy! Equallisation is done by overcharging the full cells at 10-15A, can't >do that with Lithium! With these cells, which are the same as my prius ones, >overcharging is allowed. Also, even wi

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-23 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 23 May 2018 at 0:00, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Or, D-size cylindrical nimh cells as used the the insight modules can still be > bought new. I suspect that new ones will be of much lower quality and > performance, but might work well enough? That seems to be the problem. If anyone knows of good

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-23 Thread Damon Henry via EV
n behalf of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:04 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Lee Hart Subject: Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade From: George Tyler via EV >I have been considering this too, but for some old Priuses I have. It is not >easy! Equ

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-29 Thread Evan Tuer via EV
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:26 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV < ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > This is going to sound callous, but IMO, life is too short to argue with > your friends about why their bright ideas will or won't work. Just let > him > know whether he can sleep on your couch if his lithiu

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-29 Thread Rod Hower via EV
Evan,Do you have a project page for your Insight conversion? On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 5:47 PM, Evan Tuer via EV wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:26 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV < ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > This is going to sound callous, but IMO, life is too short to argue with > yo

Re: [EVDL] Honda Insight Lithium Upgrade

2018-05-29 Thread Evan Tuer via EV
Sort of - it needs an update. http://outsight2000.blogspot.com/ On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Rod Hower via EV wrote: > Evan,Do you have a project page for your Insight conversion? > > On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 5:47 PM, Evan Tuer via EV > wrote: > > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:26 PM, E