Parallel wiring harness

[veloman]

What's the best way to make a parallel harness for 6 lipo bricks of 2 in series, 3 in parallel?

Split the 12gauge stranded wire 3 ways on the main leads?

I will also need to rewire them into 1s6p for charging, if I want to charge all at once.

 

[scoot]

These guys, Progressive RC, and other vendors like them (EP Buddy, etc) might give you some good ideas. I am about to try paralleling some cells (balance wires) across two 8s packs with some of these:

http://www.progressiverc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=133&category_id=14&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

They have power wire splitting/combining stuff too.

 

[scoot]

If you end up using Anderson PP connections on your high current wires, you may find these useful as well:

http://www.powerwerx.com/powerpole-power-splitters/

 

[number1cruncher]

GGoodrum posted a neat way to make discharge harnesses. Take a piece of wire(~12") and strip one end about an inch. Then take a second wire(~3") and strip both ends and the middle. Make this small piece into a U. Connect the long piece to the middle part of the U. Now you have a Y connector. Of course you could use two U's and get a 1-to-4 cable and so on... I use 12awg because I stay under 30A.

If you want a 1-to-3 harness, you could follow the above procedure, but instead of connecting the U at the end of the long piece, strip some insulation a couple inches below the stripped end and connect there.

Good luck!

 

[icecube57]

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20398&hilit=5303&start=75#p317918

 

[El_Steak]

You can also use an ANL fuse as paralleling link:

 

[neptronix]

^--- that's brilliant!

I use EC3 connectors and 12-14 gauge wiring, but i am running a mere 250-350 watts.

These parallel EC3 harnesses are cool because they're premade, though.
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=7880