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I agree that it is best to sell the car unmodified, unless it is sold directly to an owner who is taking it on as a project. Then I guess hope to find a good buyer for the cells as home energy storage. They'd be a lot easier to put together than thousands of 18650s. If there was another test project...

Might not be original battery?

If I'm not mistaken these are much shorter (115->85), about the same width (44->43), but slightly longer (171->173)?
I supposed if there are 2mm leeway on the width, it should be possible to pack the rest of the space out. Presumably there is a weight saving along with a capacity gain!

Cells of the same dimensions would really help - regardless of the capacity. The samsung SDI 94Ah cells are not far off. Would definitely shave them down to 80Ah to get a cell the right dimensions and be really happy. One thought a friend put to me was to construct an entirely new subframe and pack ...

That is a darn good price on the panels. I might have to start frequenting auctions!

I've never used the in car navigation on any vehicle, happy to just use my phone which has live updates anyway. Are you following the instructions at http://www.eclipse-web.com/au/avn726ea_mapupdates/step01.html? Which part are you getting stuck on? I could try to run through it - an update might be...

I can't find the 78Ah model you refer to, but those dimensions seem ideal, and 78Ah would be a good step up without wasting too much if the BMS only recognises 60ah.

EVbatmon reports 36.8Ah, which I think is pretty good.

If the monitoring units are not in the pack, I think that kills my plan of preparing the pack ready to swap so I don't have to take the car off the road for an extended period. Yes, it would definitely be better to get something closer. Not at all urgent - but I think I might really struggle next wi...

A battery shell would be exactly what I'm after! I'm assuming it's located in WA? I'm guessing freight costs might add up a bit, but it would be worthwhile if it enables me to succeed in repacking a battery. When you say none of the BMS is in there, does that mean the cell monitoring units have been...

Ahh yes that makes sense, it would give a basis for comparison of how much the range is reduced by battery degradation, and how much is driving conditions. Or if buying a battery for its cells, rather then just the frame, packaging and BMS, it would only be worthwhile to get a higher capacity pack. ...

I tried evbatmon once quite a while ago, I think it was still under development, and it didn't work with either of my OBD adapters. It's not really material to me what the BMS thinks the Ah reading is though - only that I have enough range to get home, and if I can run the heater while doing so or n...

I'm keen for a cell replacement in the next 12-24 months. This winter I've been struggling to get home without running out of charge. I'd love to source an old battery pack so I can take my time repacking it. I'm also not sure how much it's worth spending on cells, the cost of a grey import leaf is ...

I've used canion, but never caught an Ah reading. I think they only get sent during charging? I usually get home with under 2 bars on the gauge, and forgo heating in winter. I've never gotten stranded though, so it might actually be that the gauge is not well calibrated. I don't think the battery is...

On another thread it was mentioned there are second hand imiev batteries available. I'm wondering if anyone has one, ideally in NSW, that might be for sale?

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Fri, 23 Aug 2019, 06:00

There are second hand imiev batteries available.

I'm chasing a Chademo wiring harness for mine.

Not really worth buying a whole car for it, but if someone ends up using this car for spare parts and has one they don't need I'd be keen to get my hands on that part.

Is the Gold Coast your nearest Mitsubishi dealer - or is that the nearest one that is "certified" on EVs? I'm not too concerned about most of the service items. The main service item seems to be to change the coolant at 100K. Otherwise it's the cabin air filter, and filling the wiper fluid. I've got...

This didn't happen from standard operating procedure. This is the result of an accidental short across the terminals from a multimeter that was plugged into the current shunt instead of the voltage socket. There was an arc-flash and lots of burnt carbon to clean off the rear quarter panel. So, yes i...

Yes, it had one, but the main positive and negative pins are charred (and I think destroyed). I don't want to test that on a public charger and damage the charger. I've never had an impetus to replace it since there were no chademo chargers within range.

P.S. Be careful with high voltage DC.

So I never thought there would be a compatible fast charger within range of home for the i-miev. But the NRMA has opened a public fast charger with a Chademo port near my work! I'm hoping to track down an i-miev chademo port spare part, so I can try it out. I believe I think have found the part on a...

We repaired our charger. The dealer was going to replace the EV ECU first, since it is less expensive, and then the charger. Total cost would have been around $6000. The parts for the repair were under $100. Diagnosing the fault is reasonably straight forward - once the cover is off the charger ther...

Apparently the register used to transmit battery capacity as a can packet only reads 0-60Ah (BMU Item 23/24 http://mmc-manuals.ru/manuals/i-miev/online/Service_Manual/2013/54/html/M154945550005600ENG.HTM ). I think the 45Ah threshold is where they want it to calibrate to after cycling a new pack for...

I'm fairly sure that mmcmanuals site is a copy of what is on the imiev service manual disks, adapted to not require internet explorer and be compatible with other browsers.
I mucked around with the disc files bit and got pages very similar to what is up there.

hmm... Depends on what it does above that value.... if it overflows to the negative it would certainly give the fuel gauge and guess o meter a hard time.

But it might still drive OK until it hits a voltage limit?

On a minicab I'm not sure. On the hatchback there is a relay under the back seat, which fires the quick charge contactor when the coil is activated. The circuit needs to be completed via an earth pin in the chademo circuit. However, this won't trigger the chedemo handshake to get the EV ECU into "re...