Nissan LEAF Battery Pouch Cells - Fire and Destruction Tests

In a LEAF Battery Module are 4 pouches, and these seem to be very tough !

- DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME -



- DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME -

"A used battery form Nissan Leaf 3.8V 33Ah, tested for how likely to catch fire when is destroyed or in flames. We had no success make it burn. Same battery after the burn test was charged/discharged twice at 1/3C - 10A - it has 30Ah capacity remaining. Before the test this cell was under salty water for 2 hours - you can see the contact are destroyed."














- DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME -

LEAF Battery Modules - 2nd package arrives ...

The second half of my LEAF Battery Modules order, shipped in a 2nd package, arrived, and I picked it up tonight at the post office, with my LEAF, of course, what else ? :-)











A little front dent on this one




The back of this module got shocked, but it should be ok ...


Overall, it looks fine





The second module is a bit flattened also, but lightly



To show you my project, two stacks of LEAF battery modules can fit easily in this compartment of the ESS







With this package, I got the matching screws (not with the previous one): 4 M6 and 2 M4 bolts



And here they are, with the first package ones, downstairs, away from the kids and with their terminals protected

EVTV Friday Show - August 17, 2012

This week:
- Pikes Peak Run
- 1937 Jaguar Electric SUNJAG
- 1974 Electric Super Beetle
- Porsche 944 with A123 battery pack

Jack is showing us some cheap white version battery 

And another destroyed A123 pouch cells pack, overcharged by Jack, left on the side, and it caught fire few days later during the night, unattended of course ... it could have burned down the Escalade or the whole shop ! and Brian is hilarious :-))

The second burned Fisker Karma ...

EV West Team @ Pikes Peak

EV West converted BMW M3

Micheal Bream of EV West shakes hand with Nobuhiro Tajima

The 1937 "Sunjag" in Montana

Another conversion project : Lander Electric

A Porsche 944 conversion using the A123 pouch cells !