[59 Austin Healey]

So, I've given up on my MES-DEA TIM 600, just can't get the darned thing to talk. I found a local guy selling the motor stack out of a 2017 Leaf and will pick it up tomorrow.

Any advice on a BMS, dc-dc converter, and any other parts would be much appreciated!

I'm looking at Gen-2 Leaf batteries on Ebay but if there are other manufacturers that will work, I'm all ears.

Thanks in advance!

 

[59 Austin Healey]

1: I got a great deal on this unit.
2: I've been looking for a complete car but haven't found one that didn't look like either the motor or the batteries had sustained damage.

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Perfect, thanks!

I'm seriously considering the Resolve EV after watching several videos. It seems to play very well with the Leaf systems.

There seems to be a very wide price range for Bluetooth OBD2 units. Is a $100 one really that much better than a $20 one?

the hv wiring is useful, same with water pumps and the auxiliary heaters. AC compressor too.

There’s multiple ways to control everything. replacement mother boards for the inverter for custom tunning of the power stage (openinverter) Or a variety of canbus controllers. some are almost plug and play

resolve controller, zombieverter vcu (this is a general purpose vcu which can control a variety of other parts) and thunderstruck vcu

the bms works great as is. The. Can bus is decoded. Leaf spy works great for cell monitoring.

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Haha! Yep, I'm very happy with it! How many cells are required? I've seen 48 cell packs and... something like 62 cell packs I think. Am I mistaken and they are all 48 cell?

Do you know if the orientation of the charge controller and inverter need to be horizontal? It would help me a lot if I could mount them vertically.

Also, It looks like the actual motor is not much larger than what's already installed I may have gotten lucky there... it's also almost 4x more powerful.

Thanks again and let me know if you see any cheap salvage Leafs. heh!

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Thanks Remy, that was something I was thinking about too. I think one way to avoid that is to prime them while horizontal then mount them vertically.

 

[59 Austin Healey]

I like the idea! ...not sure how to accomplish that though.

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Ok, that helps. I plan on splitting them up, the rear area is actually pretty spacious but I'm not sure how much weight can go back there.
I suppose I could put the charge controller and inverter in the rear but that means running coolant hoses the length of the car which I'd like to avoid.

 

[59 Austin Healey]

This is awesome, can't believe I've never heard of it before. Thank you!!

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Well put Brian, thanks!

 

[59 Austin Healey]

Good to know, thanks Remy! I may try and mount it back on the motor in that case. Is there any guidance for max distance it can be away?