Recent content by changster1

Hi all, about 6 months ago I replaced the battery cells in my 2012 Leaf with 2014 cells and the range improved! I retained the original BMS so the car would work ok. The only thing that has differed is the GID and the GOM reads slightly differently.. The reason is its a PITA to open the...

The BMS is learning the new capacity of the battery pack. I've done a few long journeys in 5 days and the Ahr has gone from 48ahr to 54ahr. The SOH has gone from 73% to 83% and HX has gone from 65% to 76%. And the Gids have increased from an average of 205 to 233. So far so good! I've put some...

Hi all, I've just completed a battery cell swap on my 2012 52000 mile gen 1 Leaf after the original battery was down to 74% SOH so I brought a 2013 battery of the later chemistry and just swapped the battery modules leaving the BMS and original bus bars and wiring in the original battery case...