On 02/09/2016 03:06 PM, Roland wrote:
Hello Jay, A local Nissan dealers normally are not EV technicians. The dealer wants you to purchase the whole battery case which includes 33 modules, a battery charger, controller, and bms system.
My 2013 Nissan Leaf battery contained 48 "modules", some contractors, temperature sensors, resistive heaters, a fuse and the BMS system, but did not contain a charger.
(The chargers in the 2011/2013 leafs are located in the trunk region, and in 2013+ leafs are integrated with the power distribution box on the top of the "engine stack" under the hood.)
Hybrid Auto center is a good source if you don't want to pull the modules from a wreaked leaf yourself, but you can save a serious amount of cash by doing the work yourself.
My per module cost is currently at $18.55 (yes, less than $20 a module!) after selling off most of the car to offset the purchase price of the wreck.
I spent more money on the charger/BMS/EVSE part of my upgrade than I did on the actual modules (but I did put in hundreds of hours of work getting them out of the car and putting them into my truck, as well as selling everything else off of the car.) I only have a few pieces of the car left to sell, so I don't expect my per module cost to drop too much more ;>
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