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Flat 36V batteries with green 'sandwich' BMS

These BMSs have the LEDs and the button built in, not on a separate board - making our life more difficult.

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The white BMS's LED board could fit into these - but unfortunately there are no screw holes. Glueing is not a good idea, because:

  • If you mess up, there is no going back
  • It seems that the superglue messes with the button itself?

To solve this, I developed 3D printed holders - to be tested.

The two screws that hold the BMS to the plastic bottom case are located the same as on the newer L-shaped green BMS - therefore the same 3D printed BMS-holder can be attached. Note that the tall crimp terminals don't allow the BMS to go in place - they need to be removed, the the power wires soldered directly to the connector. SOLDER QUICKLY, because if you melt the connector, you are fucked.

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On the picture, the red power wire is too short - it blocks the BMS holder. It should have been one cm longer.

The connector signal wires connect to the BMS with a 5-pin JST, part number B5B-PH-KL (LF)(SN):

https://no.rs-online.com/web/p/pcb-headers/1755461

However, only 4 out of the 5 pins are used. The white one is the SOC signal. That goes to pin 2, exactly the same as on the last generation white BMS boards, where they used a 5-pin JST PA connector instead. If not on stock, this can be acheived by cutting a larger JST PH2.0 connector.

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The LED harness needed to be extended to work with our v6 board.

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It is important to cut the sense harness just long enough, so that it will fit nicely:

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The BMS holder's arc is annoying. It should not be always attached to the bottom part of the holder, only in the final assembly. I need to dream up a way to improve this.