Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-11 Thread Paul Dove via EV
Yea, but if you procure a good leaf pack it's 2500 instead of 10,000 for calbs. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 10, 2016, at 2:53 PM, Cruisin via EV wrote: > > The main thing to be concerned about when buying used junk batteries, is that > a lot of them could have been from crash tests or factory re

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-11 Thread brucedp5 via EV
Embellishing on David's response >They're still right where they've been since 2007: http://evdl.org/archive/ < If (for whatever reason: ingested deleterious chemicals, etc.) you find yourself unable to remember how to find the official evdl.org (nabble) archive (got bookmark?), the major browser

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Jay Summet via EV
I recommend buying an entire wrecked car from an auto insurance auction. That way you know why it's being sold (car wrecked, not due to problems with the battery). In many cases, if you can get the 12 volt system to power up you can plug in a bluetooth OBDII interface and use LeafSpy to talk

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 10 Jan 2016 at 17:08, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > For some reason I can't find the archives. They're still right where they've been since 2007: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Cruisin via EV
The main thing to be concerned about when buying used junk batteries, is that a lot of them could have been from crash tests or factory rejects which have the batteries shorted by Nissan engineers. As a result of the shorting the batteries are worthless. I have had many customers send me battery pa

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Roland via EV
Here is a tester that a guy built to determine the ah of a Li Ion cell. These Leaf cells new are 33.3 ah each. Just type in your search engine- Li-Ion Battery Capacity Test - Lithium Power Tester If you search through the related sites, you may fine one that can test a battery pack

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Jay Summet via EV
Yes, the LeafSpy app (costs $15 for the pro version, or you can get the free trial version) on an android device that supports BLUETOOTH paired with a BLUETOOTH OBDII dongle is the way to go. Jay ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#us

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Bill Dube via EV
Leaf Spy is the Leaf battery pack app, runs on any Andoid with WiFi: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Turbo3.Leaf_Spy_Pro&hl=en Use this WiFi OBDII dongle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NLQAHS/?tag=myelecarwiki-20&/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?tag=gafogi-20&ie=UTF8&psc=1 (You

Re: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
f any part of this message is prohibited. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Rhodes via EV Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:08 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org; ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org Subject: [EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery

[EVDL] How to find the true state of a Leaf battery pack.

2016-01-10 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
For some reason I can't find the archives.  So here is a question.  I'm under the impression you can get into the Leaf system to determine battery state.  What tools do you need and has anyone gotten a new battery using this approach.  Lawrence Rhodes -- next part -- An H