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  1. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Really good question IanL, which made me look back in to my OBD data before trying to make my own opinion on this issue. My trip to work (50km) after all night plugged in with 240V/2kWh charging cable. Knowing that at work I charge 8kWh from 40% to 100% tells me that my battery can take...
  2. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Thanks JejuSoul, every little helps. Messing with the temperature sensors is definitely not good idea. For me it was always a case of cheating with the cell’s voltage, which is less dangerous only if we stop using bad cell full stop. If we still use a bad cell and tell the BMS that it has higher...
  3. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    I think it’s probably length of the so called “ears”. +/- connectors. Other measurements should fit into place of the old ones.
  4. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Ok, after not being able to get second hand cells from Croatia or from somewhere else, I went to Alibaba and shopped around. I’ve managed to order 4 cells from one company and I’m waiting to be delivered. Price per cell is decent and delivery is what it is. If this works and they are accepted by...
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    Turtle Mode

    My 2015 has one really bad cell, and it goes under 2.5V when I accelerate which triggers Turtle mode. When I lift the foot of the pedal and this cell stays above 3.2V for approximately 10 seconds Turtle mode goes off. But your car is brand new, strange
  6. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Nothing to celebrate yet 🙁 After I’ve got automated confirmation with payment details and amount, I’ve sent the payment. This morning I’ve got mail saying that all orders are automatically canceled. When I inquired about refund they were not happy with me because it is hustle for them now to...
  7. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Hvali ti puno Bina, Naručio sam preko tvog linka direktno, ja sam preko maila verovatno menjao poruke sa nekim ko radi u garaži za popravke… Dugujem ti piće ako ikad skokneš do Švice, okolina Ženevskog jezera 😀
  8. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Unfortunately Croatian EV Clinic is not able to sell me any cells, they desperately need them for their clients. They’ve assured me that my car has more bad cells than showing on my graphics. I guess I need to prove them wrong or eat my 🎩. I’ll try to buy some similar from China and see. But I...
  9. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    JejuSoul, being born in Serbia and “understanding “ little bit of Slovenian I can only add to your translation… 60 € is cost off one single cell. This is great news for me because I need only 2 and delivery cost will not be to steep Croatia to Switzerland. Buying from China will take some time...
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    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Hvala Bina, čuo sam za njih i izmenio 2/3 mejla ali mi nije palo na pamet da hoće i da prodaju ćelije jer im trebaju za popravke. Cena je interesantna jer mi treba samo 2 za pocetak i stići će brze nego iz Kine 🤣. Poslaću im mejl da vidim da li će mi prodati. Ja sam poreklom iz Srbije. JujuSoul
  11. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Hi, Jejusoul, thanks for the advice about the temperatures. I’ve monitored all 8 packs and no 1 (with bad cell) is heating more than others. Being cold in Switzerland, but not extremely for now, it’s not possible to see how hot packs will be in the summer...
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    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Thanks for your feedbacks. Great tip for getting the service manual, found one for free. After looking into it, I’m one step closer to solving my problem. Yes, I’ve seen few good videos about taking apart the battery but with the service manual it’s much easier and safer. Lots of details and no...
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    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/199736788@N08/53382830260/in/dateposted-public/ This graphic shows about 60 cells, first 30 and 30 last. We can see that it’s no 1 red only drastically week in comparison with others. Better than having 5 or 10 spread all over and than I’ll need to open every pack...
  14. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    If you can see my second photo… Green graphic is average pair of cells, Red graphic is bad cell no 1 which dictates car behavior, Blue graphic is next bad cell no 96 which is much closer to average ones than to worst one. Idea 1: Somehow give the command to the BMS to isolate cell no 1 and not...
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    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/199736788@N08/53382615939/in/dateposted-public/
  16. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Last post is the picture, same like the link above , but I can’t open it on my Apple gadgets. Can you see it in the post? Please can somebody confirm.
  17. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/199736788@N08/
  18. K

    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Sorry for the image, I did copy it directly from iCloud. I can see it on my phone and iPad. I’ll try to sign up onto Flicker…
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    Replacing the single cells in the battery pack?

    Ok, found out how to attach the photos… This is what I have: -cell (pair) 1 has 4.15V when I start with 100% charge -cell 4 (almost all others have similar health) has 3.95V -after the journey of 30km and with 65/70% left no 1 has 3.4V and others 3.65V -if accelerate to get no 1 under 2.5V...
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