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Everyone ask what my plan is...I'm going to sit at my bar, drink beer, and watch sports on the 4 TVs I have mounted. 22 years in the military along with the nearly 20 years at the Institute make retirement at 62 years old possible!

I've read through everything and it's only about trade secrets! Two normalized graphs should not be a problem, but I'm going to wait until my last paycheck where the pay me for 1 week and my 320 hours of vacation just to be safe :wink: Expect to see a thread titled 'It's All About the Delta'...

I will officially retire from the Institute this Friday (Nov15th). I will need to carefully review all the documents I have to sign, but it really seems to be based on trade secrets. I don't think normalized graphs would be covered, so you may get to see the graphs on the deltas in the next...

Torn. I love the truck and have so much fun driving it, but after testing the SKE805A cells in my lab, I question the quality of these cells. Fortunately, I know the weaknesses of the cells and how to still make them last forever (and have posted hints about this in the past). With that said...

FYI, responses like this is why I no longer answer questions or post new information I uncover as we continue to test the SKOne E80.5 cell (used in all of our Lightnings). It seems that those who can see some data from the CAN, with no knowledge of how the data is generated, know SO MUCH more...

I might be inclined to join when there is one in the SATX area...would even consider going to ATX.

Before you do anything, do you know which pins power the BMS , and what voltage is needed to power it? How about the CAN high and low pins? Typically, we use CANalyzer to perform this type of work when we are charging/discharging a full pack outside of the vehicle.

I think I've had 3. Sync was the 2nd in a week, but I don't remember what the 1st one was

xS increased voltage xP increases capacity. A smaller module, as long as it has the same P configuration is not a problem, as it is increasing the voltage.

When I checked through SYNC around 11 CDT, I saw download incomplete. When I got home around 4 CDT and turned the truck off, I saw it had installed. Just a flood of updates lately :p

An extended range module is a 5P configuration...and no, you cannot pull a single cell out without destroying the module.

You can manually lock the J1772...notice the little hole on the top of the handle? You can slip a little padlock through there so that it cannot be removed.

Do you all remember the Internal Research project a couple years ago where my friends in another division had a M-it-M attack on Level 2 charging? Well, they are back at it on DCFC :p Please note that I was not involved with this project, so I can't say how successful they were, but the 1st...

💣 I can't really go into our cell level testing that is entering its' 9 week (out of 20) but I do have a couple of comments. First, I'm not selling. I'm approaching retirement, I bought the 8 year factory warranty, and I really love the truck...but doubt has crept in. I know my particular...

Not in the pouch cells...that would be dangerous and will probably cause a short circuit in the cell. There are two thermisters (different from a thermocouple) in each module that is read by the BMS.

I can't remember the order, but if you are in the low angle rear view camera (tailgate), switch over to the bed view (top of cab) to see if there is an exit button. If you are in the bed view, try the other way to see if there is an exit button. I remember switching views allowed me to exit...

I lost a mentor recently that I held in the same regard as Dr. Goodenough, Dr Dahm, and Dr. Judy. He was a peer to these individuals, but not as well known. They held him in high regard and some of them were in the consortium just because he was the project manager. Bapi, as he was known...

No. While I use coulomb counting in my cell testing, it does not do well in strings.

I cannot not tell you how specifically the BMS works or if 100% will help...I'm a cell expert and can tell you how to make them live almost forever. I will say that usually, the SOC is based on voltage only. If you do find yourself stuck and unable to move forward, try driving in reverse :wink:

Can't share the data without your company joining the consortium (have to pay for all four years of tier 1 data ($150k per year)at this point so we are looking at $600k), but if I recall, we did set a 1 time to 100% and it still stop at 90%, then we set the 1 time again and restarted the process...