Bro, don't encourage him! It's cool that he is doing a teardown and this video is great, but it's not cool do do the teardown in a way that puts your life at risk

This was so cringeworthy, even the most basic safety wasn’t adhered to.

In case someone asks, if anyone has seen a youtuber upload a battery system dismantling gone wrong... it's called survivorship bias. Thumbs up for safety first!

I would love to get a link for the class 0 electric gloves! Sounds like prices have increased and it gets a bit spendy when they are only good or certified for 6 months at a time 😬 thanks!

Just posted it now, editing is not really my strength so it took a while:P

yah, you only get one chance; one strike you're out!

Hi, I have heated seats in the car and the only thing under the modules is that AC-tubing that is made out of aluminum. It runs from front to back a couple of times and is the only way of controlling temperature on my pack. I'm pretty sure my pack heated up when I had it plugged in and ran that 3h heating program. So I think it uses the AC system for cooling and heating, but that is just a guess. Could that be possible? Heating with AC?

@@BasinBjorn the OS number of this aluminium Heater is differnet Based on scheme from BMW. 61 27 7 625 078 without HS and 61 27 7 625 078 with HS. What is differnet in reality I do not know...

I sold 6 out of 8 to a guy that was gonna use them for energy storage in his house. 1 is in my teardrop camper to power AC and DC outlets. 1 is saved for a future project.

No I had BMW do it, but since they don't offer this job with a new battery I had to source a used battery and have it shipped to BMW. Then drive the car 500km to get it there. Price for my used battery was 50.000 nok. Labor cost to swap was 25.525 nok.

​@@BasinBjorn Ouch... Not exactly what I was hoping to hear. That was really expensive. How many Kw left on the olde battery when you look in the dash ? How many KM has the car on the clock. How are you charting CCS vs Type 2 ? How many days of charting below 0 °C and likewise regenerative braking. Sorry to aske so much, but I have a I3 that have 98.000 KM on the clock and 17. something KW left. I am looking in to the degradation of the battery, so I am really hoping you have time for my questions. Thanks

The busbars within the module is in aluminum. It’s really bendable, not sure of the thickness but maybe 1-1.5mm. Right now I don’t have any batteries left from the i3.

@@BasinBjorn Thanks for the. Info. I could get hold of such cells and am figuring out what to use for the busbars. Really like the i3 aproach!

Hi Vencenzo, short answer is that I don’t know if that is possible to do as a DIY upgrade. I would guess that the car would need coding after installing the CCS. For it to use it. But when I had my 60Ah battery replaced with the 94Ah the workshop said that 7kW Ac charger could not be upgraded to 11kW. Not quite the same but a limitation in upgrade. I would send an email to a few more BMW i-certified workshops to se what they say. Especially the one that did my battery upgrade, Bavaria Lillestrøm +47 64 84 73 00 goo.gl/maps/rUYJ368fVpW5qKrF9 I understand that they are most likely not a place you could drive to but I would trust their knowledge more than other Bmw workshops.

@@BasinBjorn Hi Bjorn, thank you very much for your reply, I will try to contact the workshop you have reported to me, even if it is far from I live I am satisfied with a technical answer. I bought the pdf high voltage manual service, after reading it I am even more convinced that it is enough to install the Fast-Reacharged module and the necessary cables, about the protocol, I don't think it's a problem, you try to think about the hypothesis in which you need to have it replaced the fast recharge module from your car because it is broken, certainly it is a job that can be done, my upgrade is equivalent to replacing a fast recharged module The DC charge actually charges the battery directly (the AC charger is bypassed) unfortunately the AC / DC switch takes place inside the fast recharge module so I am obliged to install it. Thank you again, I will try to contact the workshops you have reported to me...ciao

@@ultrabeamitaly1 don’t forget to let me know how it goes, whenever it’s complete. Always good to know. Good luck

Hey! Unfortunately I don't have any photos of it empty, other then the videos here. I took a few photos after I opened it but they show the same as the videos. I still got the tray/ box but it's kinda inaccessible right now. Won't be able to access it until I have finished building my teardrop camper (a few months).

@@BasinBjornthanks for the reply. If you willing to sell the battery box we should get contact. Thanks

What country are you in?

@@BasinBjorn the Netherlands

Not sure then, look at local salvage yards for wrecked cars. In norway they are listed at www.finndel.no and in sweden www.bildelsbasen.se

Read this reply on a video, they might be able to point you in the right direction: "I change 60ah batteries to 120ah for 5000 eur (you leave your batteries 60ah or more - to be agreed). I have 94ah and 120ah batteries for BMW and other cars. If anyone is interested, please contact me: info (at) impexneth.nl "

I have the Eco Hitch from Torklift Central. Used that and a 120kg trailer to get the over all weight down. Not approved, but it worked. The i3 is actually pretty good at towing

That’s interesting, would make a very good subject for a video, I would like to see, as I’m sure many others would. 👍

Thanks for the tip! So what would you like to see concerning the towing? Range test? Or like a demonstration video?

Hej, om du menar själva lådan som batterimodulerna ligger i så ja den har jag kvar. Inkl locket.

They go to about 4.2v at 100% charge. The 3.93v was the charge that was left in that given time.

The nominal voltage for the whole pack is 360V, meaning that the cell voltage should be 3.75V (8 modules of 12 cells each). Cells will float higher at high charge and open circuit (or charging). The pack voltage is what (unfortunately) limits the maximum charging rate to about 45kW (rather than 50) as a 50kW DC fast charger is limited to 125A (125x360 = 45,000W). As the voltage of pack rises later in the charge, it also becomes time to throttle to protect the cells, so even though the voltage has risen which would allow a higher power, the car never reaches that maximum 50kW. This is annoying being unable to take advantage of the last 5kW available from the charger.

@@BasinBjorn The maximum any indiviual cell see's is 4.08-4.1 volts. I know because I ran the electrified app in conjunction with the Veepeek dongle. They never get to 4.2 volts, nor do they get anywhere near 3.3-3.4 volts.

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@johnnyzee383 4,08 Volt Max charge and 3,3 discharge ?

@@AusbilderNF yes but 3.4 volt discharge at the bottom limit

The swap cost 25.525 NOK at the dealership I went to. Approx 2500 euro. Plus battery.

Was it a second hans battery?

The answer was below 😊

B as in Bjorn that’s not terrible. Is 94ah battery new?

Hello B. THANK YOU very much for your vídeo. I have 3 BMW i3 in my small company and I can't make more than 100 km per charge now. I don't want to sell the Cars because I believe things should last long (like my Volvo S80 with 600000 kms). But I Will be in a point were I'll need to change the battery. So your vídeo is inspiring and very helpful. How was your experience to find a used 94Ah battery?

Not sure, but have you checked eBay? Or if you are close to Norway then www.finndel.no might help

@@BasinBjorn thanks for the info

Damn

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I had to remove the audio at that mark because one song that was copy right free, was recently changed to be copy righted. It's in the video description. Music on youtube have been difficult until i recently got Epidemic Sounds.