thunderstorm80
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Hi,
Going touring requires a lot of energy, which is in my case a pack that weights 12Kg. (24S 20Ah A123 prismatic cells - 79.2V)
Initially I aimed for triangle installation, but this makes the pack non-removeable and can be a problem if you ever have a fault (or a very narrow stairway in some hostels) and need to lift the bike. Also a third of the battery would anyway have to be elsewhere as the triangle can only fit 16 of those cells.
Since those cells are modular, and since I carry 4 panniers - 2 front and 2 rear, I thought to split the pack into 6S segments.
Each segment will weight 3Kg, and be placed inside the inner pouch of it's panniers.
The panniers are Ortlieb classic panniers which are not only very strong, but are waterproof too. When mounted on my road bike at 100PSI, with all the shakes of the bike, they stay still and firm!
The inner pouch of each pannier is on the rack side, where it not only mechanically stronger in that part, but can support the most weight since it causes the least downward leverage.
There would be one cable going to the rear, splitting into the two rear panniers (and terminating with Andersons), and same for the front rack.
In that way I can achieve complete water tightness (The Anderson connectors would terminate inside the pouch), and the whole thing would be completely modular.
I would be able to lift the bike easily if I remove all 4 bags. (for example if I want to hop on a bus with only under-carriage as room for bicycles and other luggage)
This will also allow me to charge each 6S members individually once in a while, like a manual "6S-BMS".
I will also have Ortlieb basket (also waterproof) on the handle-bar for camera and other handy-stuff, and since this bag has also an inner pouch I thought to place all the electronic connectors inside there: The CA plugs, circuit breaker/fuse, and all splitters ingoing/outgoing connectors.
What do you think ?
Going touring requires a lot of energy, which is in my case a pack that weights 12Kg. (24S 20Ah A123 prismatic cells - 79.2V)
Initially I aimed for triangle installation, but this makes the pack non-removeable and can be a problem if you ever have a fault (or a very narrow stairway in some hostels) and need to lift the bike. Also a third of the battery would anyway have to be elsewhere as the triangle can only fit 16 of those cells.
Since those cells are modular, and since I carry 4 panniers - 2 front and 2 rear, I thought to split the pack into 6S segments.
Each segment will weight 3Kg, and be placed inside the inner pouch of it's panniers.
The panniers are Ortlieb classic panniers which are not only very strong, but are waterproof too. When mounted on my road bike at 100PSI, with all the shakes of the bike, they stay still and firm!
The inner pouch of each pannier is on the rack side, where it not only mechanically stronger in that part, but can support the most weight since it causes the least downward leverage.
There would be one cable going to the rear, splitting into the two rear panniers (and terminating with Andersons), and same for the front rack.
In that way I can achieve complete water tightness (The Anderson connectors would terminate inside the pouch), and the whole thing would be completely modular.
I would be able to lift the bike easily if I remove all 4 bags. (for example if I want to hop on a bus with only under-carriage as room for bicycles and other luggage)
This will also allow me to charge each 6S members individually once in a while, like a manual "6S-BMS".
I will also have Ortlieb basket (also waterproof) on the handle-bar for camera and other handy-stuff, and since this bag has also an inner pouch I thought to place all the electronic connectors inside there: The CA plugs, circuit breaker/fuse, and all splitters ingoing/outgoing connectors.
What do you think ?