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On this Quick tip for the EVShow we discuss using a cheaply built battery bottom balancer.
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17 thoughts on “Qt #4 simple battery bottom balancer lifepo4 18650”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard King says:

    So simple, he assumes we already know how to do it?? I'm looking for something just like this, but zero luck so far!

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars immrnoidall says:

    maybe you could run a relay with the power running that beeper, and run a contacts cutoff switch. the cheep Ebay battery monitors have a relay for 20 amps .the higher amp ones you ad your own relay /contact switch. some may have temp cutoff too. mine with no temp, was like 3 bucks afew years ago. and it has Bluetooth.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars KH Wolter says:

    Put some ~1.5" diameter holes around the bottom of the pipe with the power resistor in it. Set it up on-end with the holes on the bottom, and when the resistor warms up it will draw cooler air in from the bottom to make up for the warmed air exiting the top thereby keeping the resistor cooler. AKA, the chimney effect.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Rader says:

    So is there somewhere that shows how to build this unit?

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars omega1gun says:

    I have a powerlab like yours what settings would you use to discharge your homemade battery. Any help would be great. Thanks

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Prajwal Naveen says:

    Should we bottom balance while making the packs? I mean each cell?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars lizardzman says:

    300 ah at 3.9 volt, would need 38 more of those for an ev. Would take a lot of space. What exactly did you build that one for?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars robert sanchez says:

    is all the pack for power wall solar are made in 3.7 v all the cells in paralell and connected in series

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Saya Laper says:

    Lol marketing that good

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ilikedahrice says:

    Can you balance a pack that is in parallel and in series(18650 pack making 11.1v)? Or you can only bottom balance batteries that are in parallel?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jose Garcia says:

    This 2.7V is the cut-off voltage of the cell(specs).

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Angel KM says:

    Maybe add a fan to help dissipate all that heat

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 2 2 says:

    Iv been thinking about the balance issue. For a smaller pack it should be possible to build the battery with "some" switches so that you could easy disconnect the cells from both paralell and series. Then using individual chargers for ea battery set to the prefered volt. Doing this every time you charge = balance and never have to top charge or bottom.
    Also using A bms for protection during use.
    Good concept or stupid?

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Tubbs says:

    can you make a video on how to make this thanks

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alexander Wallace says:

    Also, my battery manufacturer recommends connecting all the single batteries in parallel before putting however many in series for 24 hours, I imagine this makes them balance their charge, they are all at around 3.2, what type of balancing is this? Is it really useful in any way? Gracias!

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alexander Wallace says:

    Thanks for the info! For what I heard on another of your videos, I should probably use my new batteries for 100 miles or so to discharge them some, then do the bottom balancing slowly and carefully… I'll have 144 batteries in a 24s6p pack, it's OK to just do the bottom balancing on the 24s not the whole 144, right? Thanks!

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hillbilly1 says:

    I dont understand why every video i watch, after completely draining the battery everyone charge to 3.5V per cell? Why 3.5 always?

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