Видео

Hi Gary, are you able to provide battery repair to the public. I have a Peugeot Ion for which the range has suddenly deteriorated by half, and even when fully charged goes into turtle mode within a couple of miles driving (and the battery SoC meter is showing nearly full). I suspect (but currently cant prove as i havent yet got the canion app) some cells have either failed or dramatically gone out of balance. The car only has 11k but has only covered a few hundred miles over the last few years, so i suspect sitting unused and not cycling the battery has done some damage. Do you have a website so i could communicate with you directly. Ive also spoken to the service desk at cleevely ev and beyond the diagnostic they indicated it wasnt something theyd be able to repair (if it was due to bad cells etc).Cheers Chris.

The importance of balancing can't be stress enough. I have a 2014 Leaf with 240.000km and 70% SOH. Always charged, 99% of times with the EVSE so very low power. In the first years I always charged it to 100% once a week. Nowadays I charged it almost every day to 100%.

22kw ac should be the standard on all ev !!!! The zoe was on another level ❤, sadly is not on the new market anymore 😔

What software is on the phone and is that data commonly available on all EV's by the ODB-II port?

and where do we see you changing that pcb and the rest of the work ???

Thanks for the video. Lot to learn from you from your videos. I'm looking for slams panel? Where did you get slam panel £80? If you could give contact number please for both part you bought from?

4:39 I see you have an Autel DS808 and it is working with the i-miev. Cool. I've been looking for a scantool that would work with it. How do you like it and what Autel model would you buy now if ordering one? I got an XTOOL InPlus IP819TP and can't get it to read it. :(

One of the question ive Always ask myself is , was this also an option on Peugeot ion and citroen czero? On the guide manual of the ion is present but ive never saw one with that lovely keychain

Each end of a 'normal' cable has a resistor to tell both the car and the charger the maximum charge rate (220 ohm for 32A, 680 ohm for 16A), so if it were possible to extend two differently rated 'normal' cables, the car would charge at the lowest rate. Unlike a 'normal' cable, this extension connects PP down the cable, so it reports whatever is plugged into it. I have modified the plug on my tethered cable with a switch to provide 3 different resistances to allow the car to charge at 13A, 20A or 32A, which is very useful for maximising solar power to the car. The car tells the charger (via CP) the maximum rate it can handle.

You tested slowly pulling apart the cable-to-cable connection under load. Another test for quickly pulling the plug and socket apart, as if someone tripped over a cable or caught it in some sort of machinery, perhaps? That would give the car's on-board charger much less time to shut down before the current-carrying pins disconnect.

HI Gary. Yeah that's definitely my noise. I'm wondering what are the risks of ignoring this problem? I mean, considering that the only solution seems to replace the motor. Will something break eventually?

Would be nice to see a spring cap and a manual release cable lock on the socket end.

Hi Gary sir! I’m having that exact same noise as in this video ruclips.net/video/mGQ3EagPQao/видео.html on a 2017 R90 41kwh Zoe. I believe this has to do with failing bearings. Usually it is said that this comes from the reductor. But could it also be coming from the big bearings on both sides of the rotor? Help from someone with your experience would be precious. Thanks. Ben

Hi Gary, A big fan of your work! I am repairing an MY2018 R110 with an "Rotor position sensor" (DTC F3-0841) in my hobby garage. Looking through various forums I decided to exchange the motor with a new used low milage one, but after mostly assembling the car I wanted to test the system, and though the old error is gone I now get 2 DTC's on the PEB: "General electric failure" (DTC 01-0854) and "General signal failure" (DTC 02-0850). Is the PEB also dead, or how would you go about the diagnosis..?

I was quite lucky, when I picked up my nearly new Kona EV there was no charging lead in there, just a granny lead. The salesman rushed around and brought me a nice new lead in a Hyundai bag and it’s a quite long hefty cable. I know, the car can only AC charge at 7.5kw. I had wondered if you could add leads together as my daughters Volvo came with a much shorter thinner lead that means she has to park much further up the side of the house to charge. Now I know

Really good information in the video. Good to know that the extension cable mirrors the original charging cable capability.

very informative thank you

Great video

Useful. Thanks. 👍

Please can you measure the resistance of the extension and work out how much extra energy is lost as a result of using the extension cable?

how water proof is the plug when lying on the ground ? can you submerge it without any danger ?

Also on the mk3 or 2020 facelift Zoe's, the wheels went from 4 stud wheels/alloys 2013-2019 to 5 stud alloys 2020+ WTF ???

I bought a Zoe GT Rapid Charging 52Kw at the end of July for £10,799 and mostly happy so far - I charge at work mostly every 2 weeks as only around 12 miles for return trip to work for me but have no home charging option at my rented flat sadly so costing me around 11p a mile when getting 4 miles kwh though dropping to 3.7 mile kwh now as its getting colder and my right foot is quite heavy! :)

Vinteresting Thankyou, not needed by us we just bought a ‘ 20 PLATE Zoe with the 52 kWh battery under 10k miles and cost £9500 from local Renault dealer. Basically such good value why not just get one like this ,they seemed to have a plentiful supply of ex lease Zoe’s going for this sort of price , brilliant entry level ev So probably easier this route than all the if and buts of battery swap . But fascinating all the same. Ps If you should do this however do look for it having CCS with DC charging .

Really cool seeing you working on these! I have a ze50 with CCS, that it out of warranty in november. Being an engineer and all round geek i really want to play with it. and i intend on keeping it rolling for a long time and many miles. Its still showing 95% SOH on the battery. Its also myfirst electric car and first non-saab ^^ have done loads of stuff on them like making my own bluetooth interface and getting text up on the displays. and also rebuilt engines and gearboxes and done tuning and so on. But for the Zoe i have pretty much no clue. Really fun getting to know the ins and outs of them :)

Loving the Zoe content! Doesn't get enough credit on youtube.

Super video as always. The 40kWh hits the sweat spot for me. 👍

I find your videos great. Really clear and packed full of useful information. You are very good at keeping things simple. Some video ideas on the Zoe: error codes explained because they are terribly written. I hear about lots of zoe's being written off because of the aircon units breaking. They make the news papers. It would be great to understand the cause of this and how to avoid

LEAF battery upgrades are too expensive (as well) but hopefully that will change over the next few months as stocks rise and prices start to drop. At the moment, it seems to be cheaper to buy a whole used LEAF 40/62 to get the larger battery compared buying the battery pack separately from a specialist and getting it fitted.

Thanks for this video hope you don't mind but shared it on a few socal media groups I am a member as this question is asked nearly daily

Great video , yet again , very informative 👏👏

Very interesting video! Thank you! 😊

Fascinating stuff. I do some board repair but this kind of thing scares me lol.

Found your channel and just thought wtf going up in your driveway?! But than realized that’s the next phase of people who own a nice workshop

I have ZE40 and I have only charged a few times away from where I charge either from excessive solar or Octopus IOG over night at 7p/kWh. Having said that I would add CCS charging if a straightforward was available.

It's a Renault...the only car brand with a jack as their logo....😅 Had also a Zoe and sold it because of charging issues and a dealership that refused to investigate the issue (that might have been caused by them)...

Dont sit on the fence,if you think its emmensly cool why say it once if you can say it 10 times ;) Sorry couldnt resist

Just used it, brilliant! I used the super charger en-route to Devon. The 7kw would be great when visiting an event, leave the car whilst you are in the NEC. Coffee while you wait but the Starbucks staff were all a bit bored :)

7kWh is fine if you are staying overnight, but why didn't they make them all fast charger? Thousands of people visit the NEC on event days, and that is not going to be sufficient to charge a car in a few hours.

150 chargers and one car using them 😂

One day all major car parks will look like this..

I've done 2 of these repairs, now, but used the £0.06 2 x 1MR resistor method instead. Both cars still running fine. It'll be interesting to see how long they continue to. I also read recently that someone has done this repair without removing the inverter from the car (I assume they had to disconnect the cooling pipes at least) just undoing the main 4 (?) bolts to release the box from the sub frame, flip it over, remove the bottom (now top) cover and solder in-situ... Sounds doable but a bit awkward for such a fiddly job whilst leaning into the boot...

Magic smoke 😉

BP is horrendously expensive though. No wonder the place is empty.

Hope you told your wife over 2,000 people were interested in what it takes to add CCS to an old Zoe 😂

Its not that we wanted AC charging to win, we just at the time literally did not know what the infrastructure would look like. We were allowed to get such rapid AC charging because we used the actual motor windors as the induction for the circuit! Amazing weight saving. Downaides wa this required a full earth loop impedance test when you okugged in, this presumably cause alot of charger rcd trips and also very noticible whine as the widings arw deisgned for traction not as a charge inductor!

Ive found your channel through youtube recommendations, thank you for sharing your findings. Could you share the specs of the caps fitted by you vs original?

I know someone that's added chademo to an early Zoe and it's working well by all accounts, So using the i3 LIM or FOCCCI should be similar for CCS

Highly recommend Tap electric, they are my go to charging app. So not surprised to see their logo at those chargers.

As I've always said, like anything it's no doubt theoretically possible but even on the ZE50 by the time you've paid out for the parts and labour it's probably cheaper to just trade it in for one that already has it :). Definitely for the 22 and 40. I insisted on it this time. To be fair at the moment I've still not needed to rapid charge. 200 miles covers a lot of weekend eventualities. Winter might be another story.