Sunshine@piefed.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoHe Replaced The Battery In A Ford F-150 Lightning. Here's How Hard It Wasinsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkHe Replaced The Battery In A Ford F-150 Lightning. Here's How Hard It Wasinsideevs.comSunshine@piefed.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·2 months agoNot hard at all, they “other ways” that its harder is that the battery can be 1800 lbs and needs a proper lift. Undo electrical cables, undo coolant hoses, unbolt battery and drop it down. Reverse with new
minus-squaredorkage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoExcept my RAV4 Prime 😭 Refrigerant into the battery for some unknown reason.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause the battery is cooled!
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBut batteries are cooled with coolants.
minus-squaredorkage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEveryone uses coolant not refrigerant which requires a license to touch
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 months agoThat’s not correct. Many batteries are cooled with refrigerant.
minus-squaredorkage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWho else is putting refrigerant directly into the battery? Every other battery teardown I have seen is coolant into the battery.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoPretty much all of them? It’s called a battery chiller. Have yourself a web search.
minus-squaredorkage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat is not using refrigerant in the battery directly. The coolant is chilled with the refrigerant external to the battery and then that chilled refrigerant is cycled through the battery. It is a much better design. Have yourself a web search.
Not hard at all, they “other ways” that its harder is that the battery can be 1800 lbs and needs a proper lift.
Undo electrical cables, undo coolant hoses, unbolt battery and drop it down. Reverse with new
Its how most EVs work.
Except my RAV4 Prime 😭
Refrigerant into the battery for some unknown reason.
Because the battery is cooled!
But batteries are cooled with coolants.
Not yours.
Everyone uses coolant not refrigerant which requires a license to touch
That’s not correct. Many batteries are cooled with refrigerant.
Who else is putting refrigerant directly into the battery?
Every other battery teardown I have seen is coolant into the battery.
Pretty much all of them? It’s called a battery chiller. Have yourself a web search.
That is not using refrigerant in the battery directly.
The coolant is chilled with the refrigerant external to the battery and then that chilled refrigerant is cycled through the battery. It is a much better design.
Have yourself a web search.