Hi Scotty, surely interesting for those who are considdering a conversion to electric drive.I Still wil drive my diesel who say broum broum,Greetings.Hubertus.
Way better guesstimates than in my projects! My VW Late Bay with 30 kWh Nissan Leaf battery gives me 100 km range. The battery was probably already degraded when I got it tho. But for sure the aerodynamics of a VW Bus are not the best, and I have a giant roofrack. My 80 kW motor inverter from Nissan Leaf is plenty of power. If you get 100 kW or more you can fly!
Thanks for the information. Good to know. I am hoping for 75 miles or 120 km of range. My Series-wound DC motor doesn't have regen capability, but hopefully since my batteries are new, I can achieve that range. We'll see.
glad you are going with thunderstruck... their stuff has been good for me and their support is good. in terms of your contactor layout, do some thinking there. I think when contactors fail, they tend to fail closed (which is why you will want them on both the positive and negative sides. But another thing is that for your BMS, you don't want a fuse or a contactor inside of a cell group where you could potential have insane current trying to go through the tiny wires of the BMS. So please be careful with that layout.
Frank, thanks for your insights! I know you are using Thunderstuck products on your build too. I'm trying to understand your warning " you don't want a fuse or a contactor inside of a cell group where you could potential have insane current trying to go through the tiny wires of the BMS". The balancing boards inside the modules tap the cell groups. My contactor/fuse is on the ends of the 2-module series strings. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by high current going through the BMS wires.
@@FixItScotty it may be that you don't have to worry about it if their bms boards are already making sure everything is inside each module. But in general and for other viewers, if a fuse blows (or someone opens a safety disconnect, etc) and you have a bms group going across that, then you can have a big problem. Check the thunderstruck documentation for their BMS and they explain this concern well. But it's possible it won't apply to you with your battery setup
@@FrankGraffagnino Thank you for clarifying; your insights are valuable. As to your comment on Thunderstruck Motor's support, I agree. They gave me great support, both email and on the phone, to help me understand how to work with these modules and their MCU.
@@FixItScotty given that lots of folks now and in the future can potentially watch our videos for their conversions, we have to be careful to tell them things to look out for even if they don't apply to us per se. Just because the consequences of failure here can be so large. Not just safety, but also financial.
Nice video, gotba question nothing to with building batteries but i broke the sceen on my ev6 cilmate control got another salvage one but i have tired to remove the cover but no sucess can you advice ?
I assume you are asking about the Kia EV6? I don't have any experience with that car, so I can't really help you with the climate control cover. I would try asking the ev6 reddit channel, www.reddit.com/r/KiaEV6/. Thanks for watching and good luck!
Great explination Scotty, great video, very detailed ! Im going to watch it again actually. Very interesting.
Hi Scotty, surely interesting for those who are considdering a conversion to electric drive.I Still wil drive my diesel who say broum broum,Greetings.Hubertus.
Lots of good info there.
Glad you enjoyed it
Youve done your home work buddy,fair play to ya.
Way better guesstimates than in my projects! My VW Late Bay with 30 kWh Nissan Leaf battery gives me 100 km range. The battery was probably already degraded when I got it tho. But for sure the aerodynamics of a VW Bus are not the best, and I have a giant roofrack.
My 80 kW motor inverter from Nissan Leaf is plenty of power. If you get 100 kW or more you can fly!
Thanks for the information. Good to know. I am hoping for 75 miles or 120 km of range. My Series-wound DC motor doesn't have regen capability, but hopefully since my batteries are new, I can achieve that range. We'll see.
great channel
Thanks!!
glad you are going with thunderstruck... their stuff has been good for me and their support is good. in terms of your contactor layout, do some thinking there. I think when contactors fail, they tend to fail closed (which is why you will want them on both the positive and negative sides. But another thing is that for your BMS, you don't want a fuse or a contactor inside of a cell group where you could potential have insane current trying to go through the tiny wires of the BMS. So please be careful with that layout.
Frank, thanks for your insights! I know you are using Thunderstuck products on your build too. I'm trying to understand your warning " you don't want a fuse or a contactor inside of a cell group where you could potential have insane current trying to go through the tiny wires of the BMS". The balancing boards inside the modules tap the cell groups. My contactor/fuse is on the ends of the 2-module series strings. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by high current going through the BMS wires.
@@FixItScotty it may be that you don't have to worry about it if their bms boards are already making sure everything is inside each module. But in general and for other viewers, if a fuse blows (or someone opens a safety disconnect, etc) and you have a bms group going across that, then you can have a big problem. Check the thunderstruck documentation for their BMS and they explain this concern well. But it's possible it won't apply to you with your battery setup
@@FrankGraffagnino Thank you for clarifying; your insights are valuable. As to your comment on Thunderstruck Motor's support, I agree. They gave me great support, both email and on the phone, to help me understand how to work with these modules and their MCU.
@@FixItScotty given that lots of folks now and in the future can potentially watch our videos for their conversions, we have to be careful to tell them things to look out for even if they don't apply to us per se. Just because the consequences of failure here can be so large. Not just safety, but also financial.
Nice video, gotba question nothing to with building batteries but i broke the sceen on my ev6 cilmate control got another salvage one but i have tired to remove the cover but no sucess can you advice ?
I assume you are asking about the Kia EV6? I don't have any experience with that car, so I can't really help you with the climate control cover. I would try asking the ev6 reddit channel, www.reddit.com/r/KiaEV6/. Thanks for watching and good luck!
👌Im back,lol
Thanks Joe!! And welcome back. Good to hear from you.