Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-27 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
PM To: tomw; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector I am thinking the wide availability of the Leaf packs at a reasonable cost from local wrecking yards is a major driver. Plus. Wrecking yards usually will deliver it for free :-) On Friday, December 23

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-27 Thread lektwik via EV
I am thinking the wide availability of the Leaf packs at a reasonable cost from local wrecking yards is a major driver. Plus. Wrecking yards usually will deliver it for free :-) On Friday, December 23, 2016, tomw via EV wrote: > May I ask why the two of you (John, Cor)

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-26 Thread damon henry via EV
org> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:06:06 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector Those Volt modules you bought from a junkie are of old technology and lower AH than the newer Brand New Volt modules you can buy on Ebay at the same price. -- View this messag

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-24 Thread Cruisin via EV
Those Volt modules you bought from a junkie are of old technology and lower AH than the newer Brand New Volt modules you can buy on Ebay at the same price. -- View this message in context:

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-24 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
Great! Availability is up, and pricing is down in the past few years - which is wonderful news! As I said, I converted my truck almost 3 years ago, when other packs were harder to find, and more expensive. On Sat Dec 24 08:18:24 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >John, all I know is what is on

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-24 Thread tomw via EV
John, all I know is what is on places like Car-Part.com. Volt packs (16kWh) seem to go for around $1500 - $1800 there, and are much more plentiful than Leaf packs. A few have offered Tesla modules for sale on endless sphere and diyelectriccar for around $1200 per module. A module being about

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-23 Thread damon henry via EV
them. Damon From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of John Lussmyer via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 8:39:28 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List; tomw Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector On Fri Dec

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-23 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Fri Dec 23 08:09:39 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >May I ask why the two of you (John, Cor) decided to use Leaf packs rather >than Volt packs? Mainly Price and Availability. I converted my truck to Leaf modules about 2 1/2 years ago. Do you have current price and availability of either

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-23 Thread tomw via EV
May I ask why the two of you (John, Cor) decided to use Leaf packs rather than Volt packs? The spinel chemistry used in Leaf batteries is known to be inferior to the NMC chemistry which I think is used in Volt packs, and the Volt packs have liquid temperature control to further improve longevity.

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Mon Dec 19 12:56:30 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >Indeed, the round connector on the front of the Leaf battery pack has a >different mechanical layout and different size pins and spacing, but the >same pin numbers are wired and the assignment is identical. Got the Wolftronix tester working

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Hi John, Indeed, the round connector on the front of the Leaf battery pack has a different mechanical layout and different size pins and spacing, but the same pin numbers are wired and the assignment is identical. What I was talking about the internal wiring is the 98 sense wires from the 96

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Mon Dec 19 11:58:13 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >John, >The older packs have a different connector on the outside, >but on the inside of the pack it is the same (not all wiring - the >battery sense wiring *is* pinned out differently, even though the plugs >are the same! Beware!) I assume

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Sorry about that, I thought the photo directory was also open. I sent the picture to you by separate email (list does not allow attachments) Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Mon Dec 19 11:58:13 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >I can send you the service docs or you can simply use the picture that I >uploaded to the US Electricar Yahoo group which should be open for >public viewing, since we are converting the trucks to run with Leaf >packs: >

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield via EV Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:47 AM To: John Lussmyer; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector You can reach WolfTronix too at http://www.wolftronix.com/ - he's working on a board that allows DIY

Re: [EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield via EV
Try reaching out to “WolfTronix” — he’s been working on doing some pretty fun things with LEAF packs. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLeHxANvxq6_BTl3GbeahQ Nikki. [image: --] Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield [image: https://]about.me/aminorjourney

[EVDL] Leaf battery pack connector

2016-12-19 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
I was able to borrow a little unit that plugs into the round multi-pin connector on a Leaf pack to read out all the cell voltages. Problem is, I discovered that the connector is for newer Leaf packs, and doesn't fit into the connector on older leaf packs. Anyone know what the exact differences