Tesla Model 3 LFP Battery Dismantling
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Dala
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Dismantling is not recommended. Direct use as-is is the way to go! Quicker, safer and more cost effective.
Checkout the BatteryMan on youtube, they specifically reuse LFP Tesla packs as-is: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialBatteryMan/videos
Checkout the BatteryMan on youtube, they specifically reuse LFP Tesla packs as-is: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialBatteryMan/videos
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One of the forum founders did a few youtubes on Tesla battery tear downs - go to youtube@hbpowerwall and search Tesla to see older tesla module internals.
The overall conclusion I get over the years is that it's *really* difficult to break loose individual cells in Tesla modules / not worth the effort because they're just covered in 'gue'?
There are other sources for 2nd hand, individual cells worth exploring. For example, I just got 3,000 x 2600mah cells, practically new, for 42c/cell including shipping from Battery Clearing House - https://www.batteryclearinghouse.com/collections/all They're typically packs where one can break out the individual cells relatively easily.
Not sure of you're country, but in the US there are at least 3 trustworthy sources I could recommend - Battery Clearing House, BatteryHookup, and Jag35.com
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That's my plan is to use a full pack for house backup. However i have another project for a 48V inverter. thanks Dala.
Yeah that's the conclusion i am getting to since there is hardly any info on it. I was thinking of cutting them into small blocks of 4 or 8. I am in Sydney Australia. I will take a look at the youtube channel, thank you for your response. Curious if anyone else on this channel did try to cut the LFP prismatic cells specifically.