What batteries are you using?

I'm in Texas right now, so I don't have to exact size(s) available, but there's a size of pvs electrical conduit that those cells fit in perfectly, and there's a tap size that happens to fit into that conduit perfectly - which I bought (because of course I did). That makes making very high current "modules" pretty easy - you'd just need to drill holes for flat plates to go between the cells for balancing, but since they'd be flat and have a large contact area, I don't see any issues with that.

Just a thought...
 
I'm diving into batteries that can be used for this project. Anyone try using 46160 22ah cells in their project?.
 
No butI see they are at 10c 22ah. I personally use lifepo4 12s1p 20ah 20c and it was not enough. Maybe 12s3p would have been enough! Keep that in mind
 
we ended up with a few of these at the shop but I can't find any good info on them. the numbers don't Google haha. I know they are 1s lifepo4 cells but was wondering about capacity and C rating.

figured this might be the place to ask. I've only got 8 so not much use for a e charger. but might make a good car battery with the right bms.
 

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If I use 4s2p battery packs, how will charger understand this? That it needs to balance 8 cells.
I think 2p is the way to go for most possible current
 
Simple answer: It does not ;).
Parallel connected batteries are exactly that, connected in parallel with as little resistance as possible. They "keep" each other "balanced". The balancer is balancing the average of the parallel connected cells. It's the reason why I generally do not like parallel connected cells, and if you must, you should use new cells, of the same capacity and from the same production batch. If you cannot guarantee this, the cells need to be measured and closely matched to each other.

For a 4s 2p pack you would have the + and - terminal, and three balancing wires between the cells.
 
Simple answer: It does not ;).
Parallel connected batteries are exactly that, connected in parallel with as little resistance as possible. They "keep" each other "balanced". The balancer is balancing the average of the parallel connected cells. It's the reason why I generally do not like parallel connected cells, and if you must, you should use new cells, of the same capacity and from the same production batch. If you cannot guarantee this, the cells need to be measured and closely matched to each other.

For a 4s 2p pack you would have the + and - terminal, and three balancing wires between the cells.
Why 3 balancing wires and not 4?
 
Not knowing much about electrics myself, the choice for me was simple. Follow someone (AKA alexltdlx) who has had success and fine tune from there.
 
I'm using LTO. 32S, 6 Ahr and 80C. Generic (unbranded). Work very well at 200Amps and 80V. ENNOID BMS.
Interesting ... you've gone for high voltage and low capacity batteries whereas many others on here are doing the opposite (50V 40Ah) . I went down the middle with 50V 20Ah to keep my weight down (about the same as yours). One thing worth mentioning, here in NZ there are more stringent regulations on systems over about 70V, for safety reasons.
 
Interesting ... you've gone for high voltage and low capacity batteries whereas many others on here are doing the opposite (50V 40Ah) . I went down the middle with 50V 20Ah to keep my weight down (about the same as yours). One thing worth mentioning, here in NZ there are more stringent regulations on systems over about 70V, for safety reasons.
in NZ, my certifier said something similar, I can't remember what volts he said to be under because when I said about 50v he said that was ok. Plus a whole lot of sensible stuff about how to mount the batteries. which was mostly what I was planning anyway. I'll be keeping him in the loop as I put it all together.
 
in NZ, my certifier said something similar, I can't remember what volts he said to be under because when I said about 50v he said that was ok. Plus a whole lot of sensible stuff about how to mount the batteries. which was mostly what I was planning anyway. I'll be keeping him in the loop as I put it all together.
It is the same guy, lol . He mentioned talking to someone else and I figured it must be you!
 
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