BMS for 14s6p Energi powerwall

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rherman

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I just picked up a ford fusion energi pack and plan to tear it down and reconfigure to 14s6p (84 individual cells) and trying to determine the best route for BMS. I do plan to get another 1 to 2 more of these packs and add that capacity by early next year so I want to take that into consideration also.

I've done a ton of searching and research on here and youtube and know the longmon and Orion can be used at the individual cell level and can expand but I also been finding a lot about using a single BMS on large packs and then there is the new Watchmon5 plus with expansion that has me a bit confused on which way is the best for my setup. I really like the price of the watchmon5 but can't find much on how it would be used on a large pack even though Batrium site says it is designed with EV battery repurposing in mind.

For charging, I have a midnite classic 150 with about 4kw of panels and I also run an AIMS 6kw split phase inverter/charger that I would like to use the charging function with the solution shouldI need it.

Any advice or links would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,
Rueben
 
The chargery bms16 would be a good bms to look at. Since it uses external contactors it can be used with any charging method. I been using the chargery bms8 which is the same as the bms16 but only handles 8s or smaller packs.

The pack/cell voltage is fully programmable, it has temps sensors, 1.2 amp balancing and can track amps in/out of pack and has its on lcd screen to monitor cell voltage/program. In the 6 months I been using with my 4s 220ah lifepo4 house battery its been a solid performer.

If you just need something that will keep your pack safely charge this bms will easily do that and the price isnt too high.
 
jonyjoe505 said:
The chargery bms16 would be a good bms to look at. Since it uses external contactors it can be used with any charging method. I been using the chargery bms8 which is the same as the bms16 but only handles 8s or smaller packs.

The pack/cell voltage is fully programmable, it has temps sensors, 1.2 amp balancing and can track amps in/out of pack and has its on lcd screen to monitor cell voltage/program. In the 6 months I been using with my 4s 220ah lifepo4 house battery its been a solid performer.

If you just need something that will keep your pack safely charge this bms will easily do that and the price isnt too high.
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I've looked at those and I do like being able to use external relays etc. Have you used it in a parallel/series setup? Orion BMS manual shows the attached setup. I'm very interested in feedback on this type of configuration. the packs are 21 in series x4 if I reconfigured each pack into a 7s3p I could reuse the casing and then also get by with two BMS's but that would be 3 individual cells being monitored as one but would save cost and give me some layer of protection. I would have to series every two packs and then parallel out the mains which seems very complicated.


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rherman said:
jonyjoe505 said:
The chargery bms16 would be a good bms to look at. Since it uses external contactors it can be used with any charging method. I been using the chargery bms8 which is the same as the bms16 but only handles 8s or smaller packs.

The pack/cell voltage is fully programmable, it has temps sensors, 1.2 amp balancing and can track amps in/out of pack and has its on lcd screen to monitor cell voltage/program. In the 6 months I been using with my 4s 220ah lifepo4 house battery its been a solid performer.

If you just need something that will keep your pack safely charge this bms will easily do that and the price isnt too high.
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I've looked at those and I do like being able to use external relays etc. Have you used it in a parallel/series setup? Orion BMS manual shows the attached setup. I'm very interested in feedback on this type of configuration. the packs are 21 in series x4 if I reconfigured each pack into a 7s3p I could reuse the casing and then also get by with two BMS's but that would be 3 individual cells being monitored as one but would save cost and give me some layer of protection. I would have to series every two packs and then parallel out the mains which seems very complicated.


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@jonyjoe505, are you using any external shunt trips or contactors with your Chargery?
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