its pretty easy. and then again some of these bms are crap and arent even working or working at snail pace. sometimes.
Let me know how it goes, what’s mainly the issue is, I’m not trying to rip out the enclosure every time to charge the lipos, reason why I was pushing to get a 10s or whatever was because it came with charging and it’s a easy 1, 2, 3. Easy charging
yeah I’ll measure them first but they’re fairly high discharge cells, veeery rough maths but connecting them all with nickel would mean even a 0.01V difference would give 100A current so I’m not a huge fan. Could just connect the negatives together and use a 1k resistor to bridge them individually, but it’s a bit messy
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look around and people put a hole in their box for a charge port. and you could extend the balance wires and have those accessible too. you need not even solder and could plug both those parts in. hobbyking likely has extending wires
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More risky business I see. Anyone in the thread have lipos and a good BMS they’ll like to recommend?
For about 2 years now. Going great. Read this
Is your deck flexy or stiff? That enclosure isn’t the widest so you might have to put the batteries length wise but the deck needs to be stiff for that to work.
If all you want is 12 miles, two of these might be enough
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yeah makes sense! @mutantbass was saying to get a BMS, that way you can just have a charge port on the side. You have to spend like $30-50 and wire up a harness that can connectot to the balance connectors on each pack, but once it’s done it’s done
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I’m making my deck from scratch, using hard maple veneers. They make the board sturdy and non flexible. Deck is the most easiest thing
You got a diagram?
If they can do 25A, then 30A is only 5 more, so sure. Also since they can do 30A, then 35A is only a few more, so they should be able to do that. Since they can do 35A, then 40A is only a few more, so they should be able to do that. Since they can do 40A, then 45A is only a few more, so they should be able to do that. Since they can do 45A, then 50A is only a few more, so they should be able to do that. So sure 50A is no problem.
This is flawed logic, my 'man. I would not set battery max above 25A on the VESC 4.12
That being said, 25A battery max is plenty for a skate that moves you all over town, and you’ll get more range on it anyway than if the battery maximum is higher. It’s not going to be the fastest or most powerful skate in the city but it will be your skate 
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Not trying to be snarky but the search function is great, found this earlier. 2x5s has the same logic as 2x6s
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Is it just battery current/total power that messes these guys up? I wasn’t sure how to answer earlier about safe limits or guidelines for motor current
Ok! That’s all I really wanted was to not to do that screw on screw off bullshit, if lipos are the answer to my batteries then that’s the way to go
Also what you think the speed would be as well
Ok so you are fine. defo get a Bluetooth bms.
This is what my lipos are at right now as we speak:slight_smile: This is with the bms I linked to. All wired up like the photo I showed you before. Charges like a laptop. No need to take anything on/off.
I see you got a iPhone, what app is that. Can that track miles and speed?
Yes Me and @b264 both love our iphones 
I am a total hipster. I ride with a starbucks in one hand and an ecig in the other. No, to track speed and miles, you need to connect to the vesc with a bluetooth dongle and use an app called xmatic. there is a few more but i am not upto speed.
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The battery @hummieee is selling is LiFePO4 which is a totally different thing than the li-ion battery from @AviatorEsk8er.
The LiFePO4 battery is a much safer chemistry that will last a lot longer and they are both approximately the same voltage. Definitely it would last 3-4 times as long as that other one if not more.
Sadly the battery doesn’t fit my enclosure so I have no other option but to go Li-Po which @mutantbass is helping me out as of now
You got a Instagram? You might have to help me wire everything together, can you PM the parts so it’s more simple to remember and I won’t have to look through the thread lol, also would the batteries be good with my flipsky 4.12 FSESC?