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chriss said:Lastly, if you must build your battery pack look at the headways. They are designed to be connected via a system of connectors without doing any welding or wiring. They offer formed plastic holders to make a variety of pack sizes. To me, this is actually in the range of a DIYer without having to start buying spot welders and such.
You can do the same with 18650 cell brackets and metal strips, don't you?
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But how will one get them 18650 packs to work correctly with a BMS and bulk charger? It seems those brackets are good for making cells and packs.
And top off with them nickel sheet strips to connect them together. A BMS will need to be hooked up to each and every piece of battery to do a correct balancing, yes?
Or could the BMS be hooked up to each cell only rather then each battery and still function properly?