rmay635703
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Now that there are at least 3 3rd party sources of Nissan Leaf & Chevy volt batteries
Just curious how long it will take before someone tries to repurpose one?
Sadly they are all used (no matter what the source says) but its a real start.
The volt battery ala cart can be had for around $2000 and the Leaf battery (cut in half) for $2500 or around $5k for the whole enchalada. I also see several places sellling leaf battery cells and volt cells.
I have been thinking of just winning a copart auction so I hopefully would get the harness and charger. (price isn't much different than just the battery)
But I still wonder, does the nissan leaf battery allow you to bench charge, or put another way, how much of the car has to be left to make the charger and BMS function?
I am thinking either of my EVs would love a nissan leaf battery in tow but I figure that I would just light the pack aflame if I don't have the proprietary BMS and charger in tow.
Any of the wreckers here try bench charging a leaf battery? I am very temped to buy one but I don't want a big boat anchor.
I also thought maybe another way about this would be to get a leaf and develop some method of integrating the pack so you can flip between packs to charge and keep the car unaware of the addition 22kw's in the hidden trunk area. That way the stock BMS, charger, etc could be used and 120+ miles would be possible.
These would also be amazing for home power applications, lets hope they continue to ramp up and sell more and more leafs so bottom feeders like me can pick off used batteries
Ah well. Anyone want to pick up a spare battery and runs some tests for me? You need around $5k to get a whole one, whether the car comes with it or not
Just curious how long it will take before someone tries to repurpose one?
Sadly they are all used (no matter what the source says) but its a real start.
The volt battery ala cart can be had for around $2000 and the Leaf battery (cut in half) for $2500 or around $5k for the whole enchalada. I also see several places sellling leaf battery cells and volt cells.
I have been thinking of just winning a copart auction so I hopefully would get the harness and charger. (price isn't much different than just the battery)
But I still wonder, does the nissan leaf battery allow you to bench charge, or put another way, how much of the car has to be left to make the charger and BMS function?
I am thinking either of my EVs would love a nissan leaf battery in tow but I figure that I would just light the pack aflame if I don't have the proprietary BMS and charger in tow.
Any of the wreckers here try bench charging a leaf battery? I am very temped to buy one but I don't want a big boat anchor.
I also thought maybe another way about this would be to get a leaf and develop some method of integrating the pack so you can flip between packs to charge and keep the car unaware of the addition 22kw's in the hidden trunk area. That way the stock BMS, charger, etc could be used and 120+ miles would be possible.
These would also be amazing for home power applications, lets hope they continue to ramp up and sell more and more leafs so bottom feeders like me can pick off used batteries
Ah well. Anyone want to pick up a spare battery and runs some tests for me? You need around $5k to get a whole one, whether the car comes with it or not