206monkey32
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- Mar 8, 2015
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Hey all,
I live in Spain and am in the process of obtaining the parts for my first build. I figured as I have recieved so much help from this Forum - and continue to learn, that I should make some contributions and ask for some advice in my own thread. I am a technology teacher in a bilingual highschool here and I am working on making this a month-long afterschool activity for the students to help me during the build. I am footing the bill for everything so the finished product will be mine but, my students are learning both chemistry and electronics in class this year so I figured this would be a good opportunity to show some fun real world applications. Here is what I have on order or here now. Will post some pictures soon.
Deck - ebay - budgetskate , 42inch long board , I may purchase a second lighter board.
Drive train - Enertion -Trucks, Bearings, Griptape, Gold single motor mount, Aluminum esc case, and Powerwheels 83´s.
Electronics - DIY electric skate -single ESC, and motor package, Wii nunchuck controler
Power -Hobbyking- 2 x 4s 5000mAh hard case 20 C Lipoly batteries, I-charger 106b charger and power supply
odds and ends
2x1 meter 10 AWG wire
60XT connectors, series set up and 60xt to banana plag adaptors
individual battery volt metters/cell checkers
Right now I'm planning on hooking up lipoly for a bit with 60XT connecters.
I am currently talking to a guy here on the forum about building me a Li-ion battery pack or two with the following specs.
7,5Ah-10Ah. @20C that would be 150-200A. For a brief moment the cells will deliver that much current but not continuously.
You could go with a 8s pack from 25R or VTC5 cells to get the highest possible current per weight.
As for the size, we can stay well within the limits. Around 300x150x20mm plus fuse holder and the wires.
No need for balancing on either one of those cells. They're both built to be used in power tools, where they take a lot of punishment and no balancers are used.
So a few questions
I was curious what you all think about these specs for a pack? I think in Europe these will run me around 250 a piece.
What C rating do these boards actually need?
Any thoughts on balancing and charging either lipoly or li ions?
Any other thoughts or comments hit me up I will update as this project proceeds and hopefully pictures coming soon
I live in Spain and am in the process of obtaining the parts for my first build. I figured as I have recieved so much help from this Forum - and continue to learn, that I should make some contributions and ask for some advice in my own thread. I am a technology teacher in a bilingual highschool here and I am working on making this a month-long afterschool activity for the students to help me during the build. I am footing the bill for everything so the finished product will be mine but, my students are learning both chemistry and electronics in class this year so I figured this would be a good opportunity to show some fun real world applications. Here is what I have on order or here now. Will post some pictures soon.
Deck - ebay - budgetskate , 42inch long board , I may purchase a second lighter board.
Drive train - Enertion -Trucks, Bearings, Griptape, Gold single motor mount, Aluminum esc case, and Powerwheels 83´s.
Electronics - DIY electric skate -single ESC, and motor package, Wii nunchuck controler
Power -Hobbyking- 2 x 4s 5000mAh hard case 20 C Lipoly batteries, I-charger 106b charger and power supply
odds and ends
2x1 meter 10 AWG wire
60XT connectors, series set up and 60xt to banana plag adaptors
individual battery volt metters/cell checkers
Right now I'm planning on hooking up lipoly for a bit with 60XT connecters.
I am currently talking to a guy here on the forum about building me a Li-ion battery pack or two with the following specs.
7,5Ah-10Ah. @20C that would be 150-200A. For a brief moment the cells will deliver that much current but not continuously.
You could go with a 8s pack from 25R or VTC5 cells to get the highest possible current per weight.
As for the size, we can stay well within the limits. Around 300x150x20mm plus fuse holder and the wires.
No need for balancing on either one of those cells. They're both built to be used in power tools, where they take a lot of punishment and no balancers are used.
So a few questions
I was curious what you all think about these specs for a pack? I think in Europe these will run me around 250 a piece.
What C rating do these boards actually need?
Any thoughts on balancing and charging either lipoly or li ions?
Any other thoughts or comments hit me up I will update as this project proceeds and hopefully pictures coming soon
