Advice on a 48V pack from E-golf battery needed


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HrKlev

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Hi guys!

I got a great deal on a 24kwh E-golf battery pack a couple days ago. Unfortunately I didnt have too much time before I had to jump on the deal, and one of the few pictures that came up on google showed a cell with threaded studs, so I took the chance. I have been spoiled working with the Yuasa cells from Outlanders before. They have M8 studs and are super easy to build whatever size and shape you want with. After disassembly, I realized that this was not the case with these cells. They have no threaded studs, and are assembled in 17 packs of 4s3p, and 10 packs of 2s3p. The bus bars seems to be crimped on to the cells, and it looks like they are made of aluminium. It is impossible to solder anything to them (at least with what I have available). The lugs for the balance cables are spotwelded, and it is possible to solder a cable to these.

The battery will be hooked up to a Multiplus 48V 5kva, so a 14s configuration seems like the best shot.

Now the question - how do I do this?

  1. 6 strings and a batrium K9 cellmate would be my first choice. Only problem is that the BMS would cost as much as the battery, so its not that tempting....
  2. 6 strings and 6 chinese BMS's, and a victron smartshunt to keep count of the battery status. I have several small battery packs running with ANT's and Xiaoxiang BMS's running and have had zero problems. However, I would like to try something little more tried and tested for this size of a battery. Or am I being overly sceptical and should just go ahead with this solution?
  3. Connect the 6 strings in parallel and use one Batrium K9. This was my plan if the cells were studded, but this situation makes it a little harder. I cant seem to find any other way for parallel wires than soldering a cable to the little balance lug that is spotwelded to the bus bar. So what I wonder is, could I get away with it? I would probably use a 2.5mm2 cable, and I was thinking of maybe using 16A inline fuses on the balance cables to protect them in case of a cell failure. The cells was perfectly balanced when I disassembled them, and I would imagine only a small amount of current will be flowing in normal running conditions. In case of a cell failure, the fuse would blow, and the parallel bank would lose 1/6th capacity, so the batrium would catch it on cell imbalance. Something I am missing here?

Any advice would be appreciated! I have attached some photos of the modules and how I would like to configure them. And just a really quick test solder on one of the modules that will be spare anyway (I have also tried to thread one of the bus bars. I think they are a little bit too thin and soft to get a decent mechanical connection).
 

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Hi guys!
  1. Connect the 6 strings in parallel and use one Batrium K9. This was my plan if the cells were studded, but this situation makes it a little harder. I cant seem to find any other way for parallel wires than soldering a cable to the little balance lug that is spotwelded to the bus bar. So what I wonder is, could I get away with it? I would probably use a 2.5mm2 cable, and I was thinking of maybe using 16A inline fuses on the balance cables to protect them in case of a cell failure. The cells was perfectly balanced when I disassembled them, and I would imagine only a small amount of current will be flowing in normal running conditions. In case of a cell failure, the fuse would blow, and the parallel bank would lose 1/6th capacity, so the batrium would catch it on cell imbalance. Something I am missing here?
This logic is perfectly sound. You can definitely share sense leads across multiple parallel batteries - and (as you say) as long as the cells aren't way out of balance the power will flow thru the main load wiring rather than the sense leads.

@LithiumSolar did fuses / longer-wire sense leads on his K9 setup to LifePo4s.
View: https://youtu.be/m0Z25-jqLrs
 
Thanks for tour feedback! Im struggling to make a decision now. I am not confident about the current carrying capability of the soldered cable lugs... And if the parallel cables should be fused or not.
If a fuse goes out because of a partial cell failure, there are no 100% way of detecting that, and one of the strings could potentially go way out of balance without me knowing.
And in case of a total cell failure and no fuses those small 2.5mm2 cables would get quite toasty....

It almost feels safer to do 6 strings with ANT bms's and mcb's on each strings.

Its a hard decision... Kind of wished I had gone for the slightly more expensive I-miev packs now 😂
 
Hello. Did you manage to figure out anything here?

I have the same battery. 3xbig ones and a smal one in series. 52v and 3 paralell. Just made a Quick build before taking it apart to build it. Have not yet myself managed to find any solution on this yet.

Thinking of making 3 batteries with 3x jk bms. And paralell them after would be the best to do. With breakers on each pack.
 

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Hello. Did you manage to figure out anything here?

I have the same battery. 3xbig ones and a smal one in series. 52v and 3 paralell. Just made a Quick build before taking it apart to build it. Have not yet myself managed to find any solution on this yet.

Thinking of making 3 batteries with 3x jk bms. And paralell them after would be the best to do. With breakers on each pack.
Hello. I have also got a e-Golf battery now and have the same conciderations as You had.

From the pictures it seems You have parallelled 3 strings of 14S3P into 14S9P.. with one BMS.. -Is this just for testing?

You say You will go for 3 batteries with 3 BMSs, but if You divide the e-Golf battery in 3 you get 3 batteries of 14S6P containing 2 strings.

And in the end You have a picture of a closet with 1 string, 14S3P inside.
Did You put in one more floor of batteries in the closet so it became 14S6P and totally 3 closets?
-And one BMS for each closet?

I am thinking a lot these days so it had been nice to know what config You ended up with, What BMS You went for and the aftermath.
 
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I guess using SIMP- ENGOVIS bms and OEM Cell managament board is out of the question?
Would save some time :) and possibly money
 
I guess using SIMP- ENGOVIS bms and OEM Cell managament board is out of the question?
Would save some time :) and possibly money
It is the first time I configure a large battery like this so I am really new to this, all advice is good, and even better if I save money.
I have to Google that SIMP- ENGOVIS BMS.
What do You mean with "OEM Cell management board".

The cells are crimped together in the modules so using the modules as they are is maybe the best?
 
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Ahh.. Now I understand what You mean. If I should use the battery as it is in a carbuild with original voltage I could follow that route and use the Cell management that is already in there. I am building a 48V Powerwall.
 
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