10s lipo battery electric bike

[jonnyblaze1978]

Hello all,
I am new here and I want to know how many 10s batteries do I need to get 60volts and 15amh. How would I hook them up and what charger would I need and what wires would I need. Thank you all in advance.

 

[dogman dan]

See the Battery FAQ thread at the top of the page for lots of noob lipo info. Too many ways to wire it and charge it, all good. So just read on, then pick one.

Usually RC batteries are listed as milliamp hours. So a 10000 mah pack, is 1 ah.

To get 10s 15 ah, you could do it with 6, 5ah (5000mah), 5s packs.

Paralell 3 first, then series, or series two first then parallel. Your choice. Parallel first typical for those with chargers that can only charge 5 or 6s at a time.

And don't forget, never charge or store that shit where you would not build a fire, mr Blaze.

 

[jonnyblaze1978]

Would 6 5s packs get me 60 volts 15 amp hours.

 

[d8veh]

No. 60v is 16S not 10s.

You need 4 x 4S 5Ah packs to get 16S 5Ah and triple that to get 15Ah = 12 packs

That's a lot of wiring. You could try four of the Multistar 4S 16Ah packs from Hobbyking, which will be much simpler to wire as you only need to connect them in series.

 

[tahustvedt]

Tbh, I don't recommend going forward with this if you have to ask this question. Lipos require certain care to be safe, and a basic understanding of how batteries are connected is required.

 

[amberwolf]

Read this before you ask or do anything else:

http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=52240