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Setting up the BMS
2.1
Battery cells installation
There are two dedicated connectors for battery pack’s power terminals and two for direct connection
with batteries.
In order to safely connect batteries follow these instructions step by step. Also please refer to the
wiring diagram in figure
2.1
for detailed overview of described connections.
1. Connect BMS mini "Terminal (-)" with "-" of #1 Battery;
2. Connect BMS mini "Terminal (+)" with "+" of highest battery cell in a string;
3. Connector BAT1 has 9 pins and connects first 8 batteries of a battery pack. Connector BAT2
has 8 pins and connects remaining 8 batteries. Batteries must be connected to connectors
from right to left side in a sequence from lowest potential to the highest potential.
Note!
When connecting less than 16 battery cells all unused wires
must
be connected to the
highest battery cell in a string.
Figure 2.1: Battery connection diagram
Example 24 V system
In this example 7 Lithium Ion (Li-ion) battery cells are used to reach nominal total voltage of 25.9
V. In order to connect 7 battery cells only 8 pins of BAT1 connector is used. Remaining 9th pin
and all BAT2 connector pins must be tied to positive potential of #7 Battery. Refer to figure
2.2
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