[Caevlist] Leaf 24 kWh to 40 kWh Swap happening soonish

[Steve Cook]

Otmar,

I have a 2012 Leaf sitting in the yard. Yes, I'd like to see how difficult
it is to swap the batteries. I'd like to drop in, even if you don't get
others involved.

Steve Cook
Corvallis

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM Otmar Ebenhoech <cafe.electric at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello EV friends!
>
> Ken Vandehey of our group has arranged to get a 40 kWh battery from a 2018
> wreck from B&R with plans to swap into his 2012 LEAF. Yay for a massive
> range upgrade!
>
> Once we pick up the pack, possibly in the next few days, we’ll wire up an
> adaptor cable and use LEAF-Spy to read BMS data before putting it in the
> car.
> I’m clearing space in my shop so we can do the swap here on the lift.
> We’ve got the CAN Bridge board from China that accepts open source code
> from Dala to allow the car to accept the battery, and we have watched a lot
> of videos. Looks like it shouldn’t be too hard. Fingers crossed.
>
> Does anyone have interest in being around while we work on it to see
> what’s involved?
> If so we can plan a day and call a gathering around it.
>
> Otmar Ebenhoech
>
> 2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr.
> Corvallis, OR 97333
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>
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