There seems to be a pretty good supply of battery packs from wrecked Tesla Model S cars, often with fairly low mileage. People have been taking those apart to shoehorn the modules and one or both motor drivetrains into various other vehicles. Of course by doing that they lose the crash protection of the aluminum battery housing. One person flipped an empty Model S battery upside down, attached a couple of trailer spindles and fenders and a tongue to make a little flatbed trailer.
I think it'd be fun to 'gassify' a Model S. Either convert the empty battery housing to a fuel tank or build a tank to fit in its place, then stuff some FWD drivetrain in the "frunk". On Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10:32:52 AM MDT, Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> wrote: I do have to wonder though... if these Tesla cells were no longer usable for a Tesla, why would anyone think they would be good in a stationary application unless they were derated by quite a bit. $1200 is far from free. Dave On 5/17/2019 12:24 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > Here is a fairly common surplus Tesla module: > >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/262333679871 > > If these have have not been abused after they were removed from the > car they should last many thousands of deep cycles. They are 6s but a > 7th s can be added in order to cycle them deeper on a common 24 volt > system. > > My system (single, living in an RV) is close to this except I am using > two Johnson Controls modules rewired as 7s: >> https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/tesla-solar-battery-diy.html >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/123187038180 > > This technology is changing so quickly that it is hard to keep current > and reviews become stale in a month or two. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users