Recent content by pbui19

sounds like an Enginer kit, which was designed for the Prius. It seems upgrading the pack is more less straight forward, cell replacement; it's the silly BMS software seemingly a major hurdle, for me anyway

have been keeping an eye for an inexpensive Chademo plug as well, hoping that there would be plenty in the States as more and more EVs go CCS...but still looking

Kiev - where do you get all these schematics ?

for overnight charging when there's plenty of hours, even a 16A EVSE is sufficient. We have 2x Bolts and have been using the hacked (for 240vac, ~12A) EVSE that came with the vehicle for quite a while now.

that's a great find Joe, Amz has a suggestion for one with current sensing on the same web page, no idea of its accuracy https://a.co/d/9IF4wrP OT: am looking for similar function 120/240AC monitor (with BT not wifi)

thanks for the tip, I'll check out the Shelly switch. I think controlling the J1772 trigger, which is a low voltage reed switch anyway, may be a decent work around Mr.Sparky. In fact, those cheapy xmas light timer has a simple reed switch inside, which can be modified to switch on/off rather...

vaguely recalled a discussion about possible damaging to the on-board charger by abrupt AC disconnect ? may be it is no longer the final verdict, it was during the early days of a host of inverter/charger failures

I think it'll be ok, though I would put a whitish cover given that it's black. And for sure keep the pack no more than 50%, 40% ideally. My 2014 iMiev has been sitting in my driveway for at least 4 yrs, but it's white. It's used occasionally when there's a power outage. Keeping the rodents...

what about pulling the old Enginer Prius extender concept ? back in the early days, Enginer added a 4kwh 48v pack and a DC-DC boost to ~265vdc or so, and fed the stock Prius' pack directly to extend the effective electric miles... https://www.enginer.us/

I wonder whether the pack's BMS slow capacity decay over time between calibration charges has been modified or eliminated ? always thought it's unneccessary. Can't think of any current EV if this slow decay

I would put a charger on the 12v pronto, especially in the cold temperature. It is not getting charge by the iMiev. By the way, what year is your iMiev ? Worked briefly in Stavanger, beautiful fjords

so did you buy back from the insurance company ? as it was still drivable ? guess not as your pix caption says "a pick up truck will fill that parking spot"

not just the Tesla, the Bolts as well. All my limited sample, iMiev, 2-Bolt, 1-90D, have similar mile/kwh in non-highway speed. Am toying with getting the Lightning, which is even heavier, plus those high rolling resistant tires. Of course my samples are all anecdotal, the specs at...

The calendar aging never quite makes sense in my feeble mind. Do other EV BMS have this slow artificial capacity reduction ? In fact, is it the reason why the iMiev requires occasional capacity calibration, fully charge from 2 bars ? how can we disable this calendar aging "feature" ?

I have one these cheapy solar tender on the dash with the wire running outside directly to the battery under the hood. It seems to really help with the slow drain.