I bought a BMW 330e hybrid battery pack - Now What?

[Gregski]

noooo, not another thread from this guy I bought a BMW 530e hybrid battery pack - Now What?

let's just say I thought about calling this thread: When Lowball Offers Go Wrong! or maybe Right? I needed a third battery pack (having owned two 530e packs already) like a hole in my head, but left alone unsupervised on eBay I saw one local to me and thought I would save $450 on Flat Rate Freight.

and here are two real reasons why I bought it

1. The first one I am embarrassed to tell you so I will click bait you later

2. the 530e "saddle bag" or Siamese Kidney hard shell design lends itself only to fit in the [ wait for it ] BMW 530e and absolutely nothing else unless of course you strip it and roll your own, so I thought lets give this squareish rectangularish shape a go, and yes I know it sports one module less, but we have a plan for that (a bad idea opportunity up ahead)

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[Gregski]

as listed on eBay

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[Gregski]

bro, enuff with the pics already, we all know what one looks like, sheesh

what? it was a darn good eBay listing, and I like pics

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[Gregski]

The Hybrid Battery Pack Rollermatic 3000 ™ HBPR3K

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[Gregski]

so here's the sexy BMW 330e that these packs sit in the truck / boot of

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[Gregski]

BMW 330e hybrid battery repair or replacement

[Gregski]

new born 330e battery pack still in the factory

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[Gregski]

found this pic of the 330e drive train

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[jrbe]

Have you found any info on it's power capabilities?

[AMP3R]

Have you found any info on it's power capabilities?

The same as 530e 26 Ah pack.

Max. power (discharge) 83 kW (short-term)

[Gregski]

BMW 330e PHEV Hybrid Battery Pack Tear Down

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[Gregski]

BMS thingie

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[Gregski]

The Safety Box is the same exact part number as the one out of the BMW 530e

Part # 8686893

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[Gregski]

Damien plans to reverse engineer the BMW 330e transmission!

[nkiernan]

I will have a BMW pack arriving soon and had a query about the temperature control units the batteries sit on. So I believe these use a refrigerant gas, via a heat exchanger...but do they look like they'd handle coolant liquid as an alternative!!!? Maybe the cross sections and seals don't suit

[Gregski]

ZombieVerter VCU BMW Safety Box Control Part I

[Gregski]

ZombieVerter VCU BMW Safety Box Control Part II

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things weren't working, so T-Bone my trusty assistant, suggested we plug more skinny wires into the Zombie

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and that did the trick

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