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fechter said:The testing process is extremely time consuming (to do a good test). I tried coming up with faster measurments, but none of them seemed to be very reliable. If there was a way to slam the pack with 100A charge and discharge currents while measuring all the stick voltages, that would probably be good, but would require quite a tester.
I'd really like it if there was a source for new cell modules (sticks) that are OEM quality. I wonder where the Hybridbatteryrepair guy was getting his from since he went out of business. I know they were from China. Hmmm... maybe they didn't last and that's why he went under?
I hesitate to dump $2500 into a car with 150k miles on it. My luck and something else would fail.
I've been talking to a reputable battery company about tooling for those sticks.They can easily supply fresh Panasonic or any other cells cells, welded in whatever configuration we need them. Step #1 though is getting some samples to them so they can tell me what the NRE would be. Problem is- suddenly I can't find single sticks (even dead ones) to send them. Buying a full pack for that purpose is a bit too much, and yanking one from wife's car is not good idea either Are the HCH and HCHII sticks the same? And does anybody have the dead ones they could spare?