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- Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:50 am
- Forum: Nissan LEAF, NV200
- Topic: Leaf battery trade in offer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 21441
Leaf battery trade in offer
Hi, Just been informed by a friend of mine that he read in an auto car mag than nissan uk have announced a battery replacement offer of £4000 battery exchange plus a £1000 cash back if the battery has to be replaced after warranty, the article states only 3 pack failures out of 30000 vehicles. Not b...
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:52 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: British Gas Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 32234
Re: British Gas Charger
I believe that the gsm receiver has to be in use for 2 years, after that time you can if you wish disable the gsm transmitter. I am aware it is not a charger, just a high current 32a access point. I do,charge my plug in hybrid pack with a standard 13a plug, and this does get mildly warm during charg...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
- Replies: 13
- Views: 59541
Re: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
Hi guys, Thanks for the contribution.... Ok, my aim to be honest is not to extend the range to max and fully charge the cells to max, it is merely a precaution as a result of a port entail overcharge situation. I charge the cells to 3.5v max, so once any cell in the pack gets to 3.5v the charge proc...
- Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:19 am
- Forum: Home Energy Area
- Topic: Using a battery dc source to power the home along with solar
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29839
Re: Using a battery dc source to power the home along with s
Hi Rory, I suppose it. All hinges on whether the old used lead acids can be picked up cheap enough. I personally wouldn't have much issue using the lifepo4 cells from the prius, especially as they are at a 240v dc, when running appliances in the evenings the load from then would be small especially ...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: Home Energy Area
- Topic: Using a battery dc source to power the home along with solar
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29839
Using a battery dc source to power the home along with solar
Ok, A question board members who may have some experience with this type of set up. I have a solar pv array on my roof that is 7.5kw is size, I have 35 panels on my roof that is an east west orientation. On the east I have got 3.5kw along with a sunny boy sb3800 inverter. On the west I have got 4kw ...
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:09 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
- Replies: 13
- Views: 59541
Re: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
Hi guys, As this is my first project ( although I have had the pack built and running ok for about 7 months now) and I have never had experience in charging any chemistry of battery in an ev application, the terminologies are new to me. So, if I am reading into this correctly, when my charger has dr...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:20 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
- Replies: 13
- Views: 59541
Re: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
Hi Skooler, I have 33ah cells made up of 11 3Ah cells in parallel (k2 type 26650) Please may i ask how long in time should the cv stage be. In my set up as it is at the moment, (for the last 2 charges since set up alteration) the cells reach about 3.4v then the charger current drops from 15a to abou...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:39 am
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
- Replies: 13
- Views: 59541
Alittle advice with charging final phase with lifepo4
Hi, I have got a 76 cell lifepo4 pack that i have been quietly tinkering with for optimal set up. I have modified the zivan charger with help from Dave at electrofit zapi which required a 20k turnpot to be fitted in place of a 2k on the voltage set point which gave more voltage adjustment, plus they...
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:46 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: British Gas Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 32234
Re: British Gas Charger
Hi Rory, I had the same charge point fitted a few months ago. The options were a 16a charge point for free Or A 32 a charge point for £99. I opted for the 32a option, the chap that fitted it only does 1 a day as they can never tell what type of install it will be and how far the charge point is from...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Anyone know anything about the Smart Electric?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 44820
Re: Anyone know anything about the Smart Electric?
I was also in contact with the breaker about that smart car, at the time he said he had the battery but phoned me back after checking the battery had already been removed. I pondered on it for a while too, but came to the conclusion that getting over 300v worth of batteries back into it was abit of ...