1 KWH Lithium Battery Under £600 ?

[RAW]

I wonder if this could be integrated into a build somehow: ?

Pardon our interruption...

 

[wildebus]

I wonder if this could be integrated into a build somehow: ?

Pardon our interruption...

Are you sure it is a Lithium Battery? I don't know when they changed but the first Prius's had NiMh batteries

 

[RAW]

Expand pic 3 of the 9 images and the listing and label states "Danger li-on" so would have thought lithium battery tech.
If total capacity is 1KWH and battery is OK then it could be a good buy for leisure battery in off grid set up...

 

[wildebus]

Expand pic 3 of the 9 images and the listing and label states "Danger li-on" so would have thought lithium battery tech.
If total capacity is 1KWH and battery is OK then it could be a good buy for leisure battery in off grid set up...

Well spotted I went through the listing a couple of times but couldn't see any mention of technology.

 

[RAW]

Well spotted I went through the listing a couple of times but couldn't see any mention of technology.

Yes I guess it would be a bit of a Punt as was used in a vehicle and would imagine the Vehicle has since been scrapped so without reg details of said vehicle could not obtain details of mileage and MOT History etc ? However, for a Van used mainly full-time or some small off-grid set-up (perhaps your shed LOL) it might be worth a Punt as if it works well and lasts a while it is far more power than you could potentially get from £600 spent on Li-Ion or Lead Acid or anything else. However, I guess that you would need good electrical knowledge like yourself to make it work safely and well

 

[MarkJ]

You’d have to buy a car to get something with enough power to charge it

 

[RAW]

You’d have to buy a car to get something with enough power to charge it

Lithium Batteries can be charged with solar via MPPT - you would just need a decent controller, Victron on similar to configure to charge it, or even a decent 240V Charger that charges 12V Batteries, would need to be a staged charger though so not a cheap one

 

[mistericeman]

Are we sure that the pack can be charged at or around 12v....
Some hybrid/battery powered vehicles can require some pretty hefty charge supplies to recharge them

 

[wildebus]

Are we sure that the pack can be charged at or around 12v....
Some hybrid/battery powered vehicles can require some pretty hefty charge supplies to recharge them

"repurposing" electric car battery packs into RVs is fairly common in the US - the Nissan Leaf seems a popular option (maybe the brakes are not very good on the Leafs, hence the number of broken ones?).
You split the packs down to get around the voltage you want - 12V, 24V or maybe 48V - and deal with the discrepancy that way. There are quite a few Youtube videos on this.

This chap here has an interesting video series on resusing the Leaf Battery pack and some of the things to consider.

 

[RAW]

As stated by @wildebus

"repurposing" electric car battery packs into RVs is fairly common in the US - the Nissan Leaf seems a popular option (maybe the brakes are not very good on the Leafs, hence the number of broken ones?).
You split the packs down to get around the voltage you want - 12V, 24V or maybe 48V - and deal with the discrepancy that way. There are quite a few Youtube videos on this.

Although the Manufacturer's present the Automobile Tech information as it is in the Automobile itself, this is not wholly relevant to the tech spec of the battery or batteries used in the Vehicle. So the Prius for example has battery packs like this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-P...ll-Cylinder-Gen-3-Upgraded-14-4V/264420999353

So rated at 14.4V but the full battery in the Car to Power the wheels is made up of a number of such cells

All in all then the Car Manufacturer's tech spec only present a broad view of the Vehicle as is but not detailed information on vehicle parts when broken down, for that information you need the Tech Spec and Data sheet of the Manufacturer of the Part itself.