P3000 code with new NexPower V2.5 battery

i have seen others temporarily banned as well. i'm surprised i haven't been, if not permanently

 

Humm... Mudder and Bisco both are Prii less...

 

I feel there were some kickbacks offered at some point and people have emotions tied to stuff like that. Again, huge assumption here but it's absolutely not unfounded. I also want to say that I think Nexpower DOES make some good stuff, but this stuff with the lithium batteries was just horrendously overstepping their technical skills.

I've told others involved in this situation that I do electrical PCB design, but I'm not qualified at ALL to do high-voltage designs/manufacturing. I know my limits, I know the risks of taking unverified actions/decisions/design choices with high voltage, and I choose to avoid those projects (over 50v DC/AC) because it's simply NOT worth the risk to me/others. I have NO IDEA what made the owner think they could just skip entire engineering fields/classes/principles and make a battery system that has very little semblance to the original (computer-controlled/charged) pack. I bought this pack BEFORE I got into batteries/BMS/Lithiums, or else I would have avoided the pack entirely (the only batteries that would work well in this situation ARE NI-MH and Sodium, which is new)

I cannot imagine Jack (if that's the owners name) didn't profit on the LARGEST PRIUS DISCUSSION FORUM advertising/allowing him to openly speak about his products on here. I again WOULD NOT even care if it wasn't for the MASSIVE FIRE RISK these batteries cause. I mean even inhaling that shit is massively toxic.

Even if I fixed this battery, I'd stilll sniff constantly while driving, hoping my 2500 battery isn't going to kill me in 5-10 years from cancer/sickness.

 

Not kickbacks - it's called commissions and three of the loudest voices on the subject are or were on the payroll.

One of them sells other drop shipped accessories and frequently "forgets" to respond to status requests or ship after payment. Often stalling until the credit card chargeback window has closed. This guy has been booted from other forums.

 

I’m glad more people are now talking about their project lithium pack failures.

How many failed packs will it take until site admins put a stop to the affiliate links/astroturfing/advertising from the people who pushed these packs and promises not only years ago, but now with the ‘rebrand’?

If anyone’s interested in reading yet another account of a lithium pack failure and the disappointing response from Nexpower here’s my post from a while back:

Project Lithium Failure after 2 years. | PriusChat