Working on the hybrid battery and we have some questions.

check out ebay, it is probably your best bet. Then obviously look at seller ratings and reviews

 

2nd life battery Bend Oregon

PriusCamper will vouch for their refurbished cells. Free shipping. If PriusCamper is around he may help, as he is based in the PNW.

https://2ndlifebattery.com/product/toyota-prius-hybrid-battery-cell-8-2v/

Also their Ebay listing

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/264289620818?epid=12024869344&hash=item3d88e39352:g:6JQAAOSwx2dYDY6n

 

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Here are a couple of members that sell modules and offer advice : @ericbecky and @TMR-JWAP - both have phone #'s in their profile.

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It is my understanding for best results you must balance the pack once you put in new cells or used cells which ever way you go. You want to voltages as closest possible. The only way that I know how to do that is with a grid charger such as prolong. I have heard of people building their own but I’d be worried about overheating the battery. The idea is to charge at a very low rate for a long time. Some cells will charge faster get to their max capacity and give the extra charge off as heat. While the other ones to catch up

 

The LeBron James explanation.....

Inconsistent Hybrid battery readings | PriusChat

If you've already done some testing to determine capacities of your modules, it would be very easy to provide you with modules that match your average. If you're desiring to do just a swap of the failed module(s) with no other work, and all you have is year, mileage and climate, it's a bit more of a guess, but can still be very successful. The majority of the modules I sell are matched to a buyer via the second method. I have several hundred that have been tested and documented with their capacity. A thousand more waiting to be tested.

 

Where did you end up getting your cells from? any useful tips from the overall process?

 

Im confused, so many places here say not to discharge below 6 volts per modules. But then i see some other people discharging eventually down to 3 volts. How can this be right? Is that 3 volts per cell?
I also have 3 different hobby chargers, the cheap imax knockoff is garbage, but this dual port one has preset discharge voltages such that S6 is 4.8 volts. Am i damaging my modules going this low? Its actually produced some good maH numbers but im super confused by this.

If i want to discharge to 6 volts its listed as S8, but i know there are only 6 cells in each module to Im afraid to use that setting.
Also what should my capacity cutoff be? Im going with 6.5 just because thats the factory spec for a brand new battery. In theory this shouldnt matter because my modules are older than dirt, right? Theyll never reach close to 6.5 Ah again, correct?

 

Already asked and answered here and here.

 

Yea, noted. Now I don’t know where to reply.