So since i defo wasnt gonna use loopkeys (just one AS150 per vesc to initially precharge em and keep a good high current connection) with them 75200s and didnt want those shitty antisparks based on mosfets that usually dont really do their job… and i wanted to use it in a scooter so…
i went with a different approach…
basically there’s a trace running from battery + to the main buck converter and there’s a ceramic cap nearby
you might wonder where the trace runs, but it comes from the battery + from the bottom of the logic board… So i just cut the trace going to the main buck converter and ceramic filter cap
the original circuitry that need direct access/a direct reference to batt+ still have a direct connection (like the high side gate drivers)
this allows me to use one of those standard voltmeter key switches which i had from a Chinese scooter, they basically pass battery positive to the controllers
the result is… a modded 75200 with a switchable positive input
you just solder an input wire to the cap positive (its ceramic, doesnt really matter for the cap itself) which is connected to the buck chips’ vin
I wanted to be extra safe so i just used a 470Ohm resistor in series with the wire going to the cap
this is the side where it has to be soldered to and is the easiest to reach
to be safe i would recommend some kind of glue over the cap afterwards and something to protect the cut pcb from corrosion (epoxy, …)
in the end your result should be something like this, this was just on a psu set to 34v as an initial test.
note i havent done the opamp mod described earlier in the forums… yet
when no power is passed to the buck converter the power consumption is actually 0
ofcourse doing it this way, your case wont fit on but its best to mill/cut out the section around the buck converter either way cause it was touching the ceramic caps around it out of the box… which could end up in a nasty short overtime