Just ordered @johu. Forgot the promo code but, I don't care if it's all going to a worthy cause! Looking forward to the read.
Well done (voracious hand clapping emoji)
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- Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Electrify Your Ride - new conversion guide book
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9459
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:22 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: EV car conversion hardware
- Replies: 261
- Views: 2043230
Re: EV car conversion hardware
the source for 12v is the TDK DC converter. It connects directly to the main circuit in the car. I have other 12v circuit that only goes up when I power on the principal key, feeding my openinverter v2. I could install a small 12v battery for absorb inrush currents if it is absolutely needed, but t...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 9:44 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: EV car conversion hardware
- Replies: 261
- Views: 2043230
Re: EV car conversion hardware
I am going to use a DC/DC converter TDK like the mentioned here. I know i can start it without 12v battery, but could someone confirm it has upper voltage to 397vDC and if it is possible to continously work without 12v battery, so avoid to install 12v batt in my conversion ? thanks The question I w...
Re: BMW e30e
Great to see this build kicking off! Looking forward to updates. Let me know if you need anything as I'm just down the road.
- Mon May 01, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
To my knowledge, you will need to find a specific custom ROM to your specific HU, I suggest you start searching for possible ROMs Part of the problem is, its a non branded unit but, I can access the system settings and find out what MCU and CPU types are in there plus all other build specifics... m...
- Mon May 01, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Probably a bit late and you may already have something similar but I made up a spreadsheet to show the voltages at every pin on the BMS connectors. Thanks Ali. I did the same and have a record of every time I did a pin by pin while I was doing the cell balancing the time I had both packs open to th...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:24 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Was it squeaky bum time when you plugged in the BMS? :lol: I'd be very interested to hear how you get on with the Android head unit as that's something I want to try too. Hands were a bit twitchy yes but, I had cross checked it so many times, it had to be right by now! Yep, the android hu is good b...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Quick update Been driving the Audi a lot lately. Well, about 100km so far but, it's a lot for it since it hit the road first. Getting used to it's range capability and from a few back and forth to work, it looks to have an approximate range of 80km. Further testing - taking it to 0% SOC, charging to...
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: Battery Managment (BMS)
- Topic: Nissan Leaf BMS
- Replies: 155
- Views: 741953
Re: Nissan Leaf BMS
Brill. Thanks johu. Both interlock input/output wires are now joined.
Just waiting on the LElink BLE module to arrive. Old Veepeak odb2 reader I have won't work with Leaf Spy Pro. Once I have all that in place, it's time to plug it all in.
Just waiting on the LElink BLE module to arrive. Old Veepeak odb2 reader I have won't work with Leaf Spy Pro. Once I have all that in place, it's time to plug it all in.
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:01 am
- Forum: Battery Managment (BMS)
- Topic: Nissan Leaf BMS
- Replies: 155
- Views: 741953
Re: Nissan Leaf BMS
@johu, I finally have the Audi running around again on the 2015 24kWh pack (grey molex) and during some rewiring, I found 2 of the 96 voltage taps in the wrong connector position. Success! I wired up the Can, 12v feeds for the Perm, Ign and charge mode as well as reusing the Leaf current sensor in t...
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Jaysus lads It's an embarrassing reason but, she's working :lol: I came home with an adjustable resister, ready to play with where the sweet spot was for the PP from the charger to ground, took a punt at 680ohm and tried it... nothing. Right, off came the lid. Plug in the EVSE... nothing, no life. H...
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Great update. Shame about the charger but interested to hear how you resolve it. I’m leaving my Tesla gen 2 charger permanently powered on (LV) but it’ll kill the battery if not driven for a week. Need to find a solution to send it to sleep when not charging. Before I fitted the charge session cont...
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Following on from my last post, we ploughed on and got everything buttoned up, CAN bus run, charge circuit hooked up, HV lit up and wheels rolling. Really good feeling when it all comes together and copper fastens the idea of documenting everything, and triple checking your work, especially when lon...
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Whats the double din Ali radio you used? thinking one of those probably easiest way for me to get battery data available in my conversion It's a single din unit, but I think they sent me one with a double din bracket. Easy to modify. It's the same as the Aliexpress ones, but I managed to get it fro...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: Events and Meetups
- Topic: Dublin DIY EV Meetup at Tog Hackerspace 26/08/23
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8678
Re: Dublin DIY EV Meetup at Tog Hackerspace 26/02/23
Thanks Marc for organising and getting all the Irish based OI followers there yesterday. Was great to meet everyone for the fist time face to face. Look forward to the next one... when I'll bring a warner coat :lol: https://www.tog.ie/gallery/nggallery/all/diy-electric-vehicle-feb See you all next t...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
And the revival goes on... More stuff has arrived. The OBD port arrived as did the reader, ready for inclusion into the updated system. Added to this was some home made twisted pair for front to rear vehicle and the cheapo Android 10, 7" single DIN head unit which I fired up last night and seem...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [Driving] Freelander EV With Gen1 Leaf electrics and EVBMW VCU
- Replies: 262
- Views: 371322
Re: Freelander EV With Gen1 Leaf electrics and EVBMW VCU
Joking aside I do accept what you are saying and it would be good to know how others are controlling precharge. I will have to take another look at my VCU to see if it has a precharge control. Just as Paul mentioned, the v1.5 firmware for the original EVBMW Leaf VCU(the one James 'Figleaf' and I ha...
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:12 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Good bit of forward movement this week. The mess that was in the boot has finally been banished! The first step was to make things just simpler, cleaner and functional. With limited space to play with and many many drafts scribbled, I finally got my hands on a 330x140x120 oblong box that fit my plan...
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:16 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Thanks Tom
In fairness, it has been your recent videos that has kicked me up the arse to get this moving again. #Hackerspaceultimatum
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:09 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Evening all Both the Audi and I have been off the radar for a while. Like the rest of the world, the fun some of us had brought on by lockdown, uninterrupted time in our sheds/driveways, came to an end and the busy timetable of daily life/work resumed. The Audi drove and charged, but very 'manually'...
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Leaving the forum
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5302
Re: Leaving the forum
All I can say Damien is, thank you :) For upending the world with your interest in reverse engineering something when the internet told you 'it's impossible Damien... don't waste your time!... stop it!... YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!' because, as we all know, the internet is always right. Without you and ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:05 pm
- Forum: Nissan
- Topic: Leaf Gen 1 Inverter Board
- Replies: 319
- Views: 176562
Re: Leaf Gen 1 Inverter Board
Well done JaniK!
Apologies for the error on those sketches. They have been edited and updated!
Apologies for the error on those sketches. They have been edited and updated!
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 3:11 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [DRIVING] The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
- Replies: 146
- Views: 65496
Re: The Audi 8e - Powered by Leaf
Hello Fiachra, After seeing your videos on YouTube, I wanted to do the same setup in my Audi 90 Coupe Quattro. I wanted to know if I can get a copy of the CAD design for the adapter plate or are you selling those adapter plates. Thanks Hey Neyo I have your Audi's twin in the next bay! Is yours the ...
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:44 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: [Driving] Freelander EV With Gen1 Leaf electrics and EVBMW VCU
- Replies: 262
- Views: 371322