It almost sounds like it might be easier to take the battery back out of the 
car, pull it apart and put the cells into the original casing from the vehicle. 
 Once that is done, reset the LBC to account for the newer/better cells?  Or is 
that not possible?


> On Jul 7, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> 
> Exactly,
> 
> Either I will find a way to re-program my current LBC to support the
> cold weather package
> 
> or I will have to find an LBC from a cold weather package battery (I
> might have one by next week)
> 
> and I have even considered adding a little circuit that disables one
> contactor as soon as the ignition is off,
> 
> but I figured that it will need to be enabled when either Charging is
> active or Ignition is on, so it needs to
> 
> combine those two signals and then use that combined signal to enable a
> contactor.
> 
> This will likely throw an error when the car tries to charge the 12V
> battery from the HV pack.
> 
> And I do not know if the car will turn off and sleep if it can't charge
> the 12V battery,
> 
> so it might drain the 12V battery instead of the HV pack.
> 
> When putting a disconnect on the 12V battery, you also make it
> impossible to open (or lock) the car with the FOB,
> 
> so every time you want to use the car, you need to pull out the
> mechanical key, open the driver door
> 
> (the only door with a mechanical lock), pull the hood release, open the
> hood, reconnect the 12V and close hood.
> 
> When parking the car for a longer period, you would need to: stop the
> car (not turn off) and pull hood release,
> 
> open hood and disconnect 12V battery, close hood, then get in the car,
> lock all doors manually, raise windows, turn car off so it dies,
> 
> get out and then lock driver door manually with key.
> 
> Not to mention setting time and radio stations...
> 
> There must be a easier way...
> 
> (Of course, I should have matched the car with cold weather package with
> the battery, if I had known in advance....)
> 
> Cor.
> 
> 
> 
> From: damon henry [mailto:damonhe...@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 5:44 AM
> To: ROBERT; Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Weird Nissan Leaf behavior: 3rd charging light
> blinks after new pack install: cold weather package...
> 
> 
> 
> You do realize this is for switching off the 12v SLA battery usually
> when it is not under load right?  
> 
> 
> 
> I've used a bunch of these over the years and they are fairly beefy for
> the job they are asked to do.  I even have one on my motorcycle and it
> easily carries my full traction pack voltage and current 48v 400 amps.
> I don't expect it to switch that off under load, but I put it in the
> circuit so that I could completely disconnect my motor controller during
> charging.  I have a properly rated contactor on the other side of the
> circuit for any emergency shut offs.
> 
> 
> 
> These switches are more than up to the task of disconnecting the 12 volt
> battery for years without fail.  I'm just not sure if Cor is the type to
> settle for an ugly hack like this to a complicated problem.  He seems
> more like the type to grind through and uncover a proper solution, but
> even if that is the case this could be a temporary solution.
> 
> 
> 
> Damon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ROBERT <bhensle...@msn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 12:30 PM
> To: Cor van de Water; damon henry; Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Weird Nissan Leaf behavior: 3rd charging light
> blinks after new pack install: cold weather package... 
> 
> 
> 
> A battery cut off switch with only weak mechanical specs.  No maximum
> number of switching operations, etc. Now, that is interesting.
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of damon henry via EV
> <ev@lists.evdl.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 7:37 AM
> To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Weird Nissan Leaf behavior: 3rd charging light
> blinks after new pack install: cold weather package... 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Cor,
> 
> 
> I'm not sure how much help you will get on a proper solution as you are
> kind of out there on the bleeding edge with the Leaf battery replacement
> thing and usually the one providing the answers :)
> 
> 
> A possible hack might be installing a battery cutoff switch for the 12
> volt battery.  Harbor Freight sells them for $8.
> 
> https://www.harborfreight.com/battery-cutoff-switch-63425.html 
> 
> <https://www.harborfreight.com/battery-cutoff-switch-63425.html> 
> 
> Battery Cutoff Switch - Harbor Freight Tools
> <https://www.harborfreight.com/battery-cutoff-switch-63425.html> 
> 
> www.harborfreight.com
> 
> Amazing deals on this Battery Cut Off Switch at Harbor Freight. Quality
> tools & low prices.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Damon
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of Cor van de Water via
> EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 6:11:47 PM
> To: ev@lists.evdl.org
> Subject: [EVDL] Weird Nissan Leaf behavior: 3rd charging light blinks
> after new pack install: cold weather package...
> 
> OK, I did something to my Leaf that I need to get fixed, because now the
> Leaf is charging the 12V battery whenever the car should be asleep,
> 
> as a result it is losing charge from the main pack.
> 
> It started two days ago when I removed the new (warranty replacement
> battery) from this 2012 Leaf SL with cold weather package.
> 
> I do not know why it has a cold weather package, being in California it
> never gets below freezing in a car so a cold weather package is quite
> odd, but anyhow.
> 
> I installed a 2011 battery, apparently without cold weather package
> knowledge in the LBC.
> 
> Since then, every time the car is supposed to sleep, it starts blinking
> the 3rd charging LED and is actually charging the 12V battery to 14.4V
> continuously,
> 
> resulting in 1 mile range loss every hour.
> 
> Anybody have a clue how to get the car to stop being confused about the
> cold weather package?
> 
> Does the LBC need to be reprogrammed? I can modify the configuration
> (serial) memory of the LBC, if I know what to change.
> 
> Or should I have the car's computer reprogrammed to tell it to forget
> about the cold weather package? I do not need it!
> 
> Don't really want to pull the 12V battery contact off every time I want
> to park the car more than a day and the energy loss
> 
> is quite a waste as well...
> 
> Any Leaf experts out there?
> Cor.
> 
> 
> 
> BTW, the model nrs of the new 2017 battery that I removed and the 2011
> battery that I installed:
> 
> 2017 battery: 295B09RB9D
> 
> 2011 battery: 295B03NA0A
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