{"id":3294,"date":"2015-08-20T09:52:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T14:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2015-08-26T04:59:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T09:59:24","slug":"battery-bay-plan-nissan-leaf-cells-six-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/battery-bay-plan-nissan-leaf-cells-six-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Bay Plan: Nissan Leaf Cells six group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is my current CAD mockup of how I will package a group of six Nissan Leaf modules. I have 48 total modules from a Leaf battery, so I will have eight of them to distribute throughout my truck’s battery bays. I also have a CAD model of that:
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Unfortunately, my existing Lead Acid (golf cart battery) bays are not tall enough to mount them vertically, so I am having to lay them sideways. This results in terminals being relatively close together in the two side bays. (I’ll probably slide a sheet of plastic between the two batteries after I get them installed to make it more difficult to drop a wrench down there and short things out. It’s only 32 volts total potential, but a lot of Amps!)<\/p>\n

If you would like to know the specifications of a single module (and some people have asked) here is what I know:<\/p>\n

From: http:\/\/www.electricvehiclewiki.com\/?title=Battery_specs
\n Confirmed by Jay with a 2013 Nissan Leaf module.<\/p>\n

lm_width=223; \/\/ mm – 8.7795 inches (measured 222 – 8.75 inches)
\n lm_length = 303; \/\/ mm – 11.9291 inches (measured 298.45 or 11.75 inches)
\n lm_thickness = 34; \/\/ mm – 1.3779 inches (measured 34- 1.3333 when compressed)
\n lm_weight = 3.8; \/\/ kGrams, or 8.3775 lbs<\/p>\n

The power “bolt blocks” are 20×20 mm in size, and I modeled them around 1 inch in height. But, this height includes the space for a bolt head and a busbar on the top. In the CAD model I made them one inch tall, but in real life they are slightly shorter than that. The “bolt blocks” for the sense terminals in the middle are slightly smaller (18×18 mm) but the same height. So if you download my CAD model (link below) keep in mind that the top of the bolt blocks on the module includes a little extra wiggle room. The CAD software I use is OpenSCAD, which you can download for free. The file itself is human readable text.<\/p>\n

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