Grantmac
10 kW
I've purchased a set of 10 Swagtron hover board batteries to power my ebike build. These are a 9s1p 2.9Ah pack with a BMS that handles charge, discharge and temperature monitoring. My initial plan was to run 5 of these packs in parallel then wire the two "bricks" in series for 66v nominal.
I'll be bulk charging as one large pack through an XT90S.
My question was how the packs would respond to one BMS cutting power making for a 4p on one side and 5p on the other of a serial connection. I'm assuming the cells in the 4p would see 20% more amps and subsequently hit LVC which would then eventually cut off the entire pack.
Would it be better to wire them as 5 bricks of 2S then parallel those packs? To my thinking this would permit a single BMS to disconnect 2 packs/1 brick, but leave the other 8 packs/4 bricks operational but experiencing 20% higher amp draw.
Although I can't get specifics on these BMS, they are supposed to provide 600w from 9s1p so should be individually capable of 15a.
The flip side of which is how having individual BMS handle a bulk charge and I must admit I'm not well enough informed to make a intelligent guess on that. My assumption is that I may need to charge the packs individually every so often to maintain balance.
Any input greatly appreciated.
-Grant
I'll be bulk charging as one large pack through an XT90S.
My question was how the packs would respond to one BMS cutting power making for a 4p on one side and 5p on the other of a serial connection. I'm assuming the cells in the 4p would see 20% more amps and subsequently hit LVC which would then eventually cut off the entire pack.
Would it be better to wire them as 5 bricks of 2S then parallel those packs? To my thinking this would permit a single BMS to disconnect 2 packs/1 brick, but leave the other 8 packs/4 bricks operational but experiencing 20% higher amp draw.
Although I can't get specifics on these BMS, they are supposed to provide 600w from 9s1p so should be individually capable of 15a.
The flip side of which is how having individual BMS handle a bulk charge and I must admit I'm not well enough informed to make a intelligent guess on that. My assumption is that I may need to charge the packs individually every so often to maintain balance.
Any input greatly appreciated.
-Grant