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bennelson · 10-14-2014, 10:35 AM

Well, it's been seven years since I first built the bike. Time for a new battery pack.

I found a Ford Escape Hybrid battery pack at a junk yard, bought it for $150, and brought it home.

Yesterday, I finally got to crack it open. Once I pulled out a zillion screws and DIDN'T zap myself with 300VDC, I was able to start pulling the cells.

Inside the pack is 50 sticks of 5 1.2V Sanyo NiHM "D" cells. So, those are 6V sticks. It's about 120 lbs of cells.

Full write up on my personal blog - Deconstructing a Ford Escape Hybrid Battery Pack for the motorcycle

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bennelson EV test pilot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA Posts: 4,435 Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440 90 day: 334.6 mpg (US) S10 - '95 Chevy S10 90 day: 30.48 mpg (US) Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro" 90 day: 129.81 mpg (US) The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius 90 day: 78.16 mpg (US) Thanks: 17 Thanked 663 Times in 388 Posts	Well, it's been seven years since I first built the bike. Time for a new battery pack. I found a Ford Escape Hybrid battery pack at a junk yard, bought it for $150, and brought it home. Yesterday, I finally got to crack it open. Once I pulled out a zillion screws and DIDN'T zap myself with 300VDC, I was able to start pulling the cells. Inside the pack is 50 sticks of 5 1.2V Sanyo NiHM "D" cells. So, those are 6V sticks. It's about 120 lbs of cells. Full write up on my personal blog - Deconstructing a Ford Escape Hybrid Battery Pack for the motorcycle __________________ 300mpg.org Learn how to BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR CHEAP My YouTube Videos