I drove out to a salvage yard in Phoenix, AZ to pick up this Chevy Volt battery pack. Even factoring in fuel cost, I spent about one fifth the cost on these batteries.
![There is a heavy fiberglass cover bolted to a steel plate beneath.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQHsP9x4RSqyL-EdSfJxsYhlt2Yein13K18X80QQqOjjS5SouIk4qXwUTpATF7lAM4O1VR7GgYGaKv0bqJhJQEBuZZyjURLdvNTd6O9zck1U39KR4BWqtOF4SKm99zfhK4ssLRHgXi1ML/s1600/IMG_0520.JPG) |
There is a heavy fiberglass cover bolted to a steel plate beneath. |
![I still have the same helper, and we got started disassembling it right away.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FVnwlXGidIplCW-WJcwEqi7pES95uj3k3wSmYOk3bjsNJGTdAqJ2yuS06jx5EiC-Dtf4SV78YZW5JQmMbaCL_WV01e2rkOelEMUh84xW1UyJdccvqbCdzeKE3lEhR87iClQKqBKlzQgl/s1600/IMG_0523.JPG) |
I still have the same helper, and we got started disassembling it right away. |
![This battery pack is really a work of art.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMYIy8IMoRKhu3x3t1ZlRl9a4xxLBrzw8WYe_QEcmSx2Ob_o8Ypgyh-J0A8PLFoTleIZ0n_M4p8gTmnjzIi9ZBwUILmEL-3Xc-xFNUT1eoJe6SGgb-Ffe881eOvI_H07_JRJdJqXIBA7p/s1600/IMG_0524.JPG) |
This battery pack is really a work of art. |
![cooling interconnections](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrurnKpyaLQBRbJfunsqA34gdZ-GrJUkrOZ4WT3U6PYX3o3s3i21engLIPbtgIgd1tMTm0Q_B5TlCqQP0N5I6LlPIYx91re_sEbRnBV-RUVQQMnffbuOXGrqj4thf52UAH295spf_95-p/s1600/IMG_0525.JPG) |
cooling interconnections |
![The thin box on top is their BMS. The orange harness connects to the cells and the black one is for power and communications that lead out of the pack.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_NK4x5jP6JGL55XgHdfpiwA9N_gH-peyhfB5ESv5RNWv4ITVB1Kujf_EE5PXHysvoca3h_BsJu7_6uJ3vK1RDtu7VE1jsbS6BQTZgR-KAFTEwQzCbIRC_-A6oZeycIevVb29119CcCXk/s1600/IMG_0526.JPG) |
The thin box on top is their BMS. The orange harness connects to the cells and the black one is for power and communications that lead out of the pack. |
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