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Old 01-06-2012, 12:22 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
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Pack removal took about an hour and a half, taking my sweet time, working carefully, methodically. I took more than a few precautionary voltage readings & made notes along the way.

If you've done the job before, or watched someone do it, obviously it will take much less time. Half an hour is a reasonable guess if you boogie.

The assembly weighs about 80 lbs / 36 kg. Removal from the car is pretty awkward for one person, but doable if you're careful and plan the intermediate moves (and have a good back). One risk is damaging exposed components on the junction side (left in the photo) if you screw up and bang it around. (Junction side components = wires/cables, connectors, bus bars, contactors, resistor, fuse, induction ammeter coils, etc.)

I'm able to work on many things at my shack with wood heat & small photovoltaic setup. But at this time of year I don't think I'll have enough reserve power from the solar system for the charge/discharge cycles to come (it's fine for lights, tunes & occasional small power tool use - that's about it).

So I brought the pack to the house. Also, the house will be at a more consistent temperature, which is also important for getting quality testing data from the subpacks/sticks.
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