Recent content by islandbayy

What you see in terms of charge cycles on SMT, is what the BMS reports as what it considers the equivalent of 0-100% charge cycles. Not actual physical charge cycles, but the equivalency of 0-100%, which is what a "charge cycle" is.

Just curious, have you tried 100% charging a couple times at a SUPERCHARGER. Not AC charging? I find the balance stops MUCH sooner with AC charging compared to Supercharging. Example, my MX was out of wack last May when I went to pick up my Mother In Law from Ohare (Coming in from China). I 100%...

WOW! Impressive! How well did the car handle the heat from charging?

I'm coming up on 2 years and over 60,000 miles, at least on my Ohmmu. It was the older version without the self heating. It has been working flawlessly since install. For some reason, Tesla decided to Overcharge the lead acid batteries, and they are being cooked and the electrolite is being...

Can't verify, however, I believe I've seen people report peak speeds as high as 44kW.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/need-three-more-jdemo-orders-can-we-count-on-you.202930/

There is an after-market product called Jdemo, which allows the roadsters to use CHAdeMO DC fast charging.

Good morning everyone. I don't frequent this area at all, but thought I'd pass this along. Most roadster owners know about the Jdemo upgrade, that allows CHAdeMO Charging of the Roadster. One of my acquaintances at a EV Accessory factory sent me this last night. They have released a CCS1 to...

Oh of course, I'm not denying that. But given the circumstances in which it took to discharge that much, in the grand scheme of things, and if the vehicle is going to be used regularly, it's a drop in the bucket :-) Should give plenty of life on his 2013.

Eventually a replacement WILL be necessary. But this can extend the life quite a bit, or if caught early enough, extend the life a VERY long time :-) I'm about 70,000 miles since doing the original fix. With it kept lubed, the grim and dirt aren't really collecting on it like it was, and I'm...

The car already threw that error due to the brick imbalance. It shouldn't be much of an issue though, since as glhs said, it took 6 years to discharge that much. much. It only threw the error because the imbalance was there when they powered everything back up. With the error reset, and the car...

Thats Awesome! Keep charging to 100%, it will keep balancing out. Lower SOC discharges to 100% help too. Since you have free supercharging, spend a couple hours at one getting to 100% (from any SOC). They balance better at a supercharger.

www.SuperchargerTravel.com we have a worldwide list of third party battery and drive unit repair & replacement shops, as well as other Vendors. Also feel free to join the BMS Error Group, Log into Facebook

I'll make a note, I HAVE seen Tesla install alternate packs temporarily, when they've had one in stock, that way the owner can be on their way while the correct was ordered and waiting for delivery. Not as much these days as in the past, but still done. Some are even labeled as Loaner Packs.

Would be more intricate with larger packs that vehicles have these days. Back in the olden days, of conversions, and things like the old Zap Cars, we had a different method of balancing the lead acids. Instead of using resistors to bleed off the higher voltage batteries, the balancing hardware...