If you buy 50+ the prices on some of the Samsung cells are better than Bulkbattery
Check the shipping price against 18650batterystore.
For me in Australia, it always ends up cheaper by a fair amount with 18650batterystore
Damn you man. My wallet cant take this constant abuse
No, checking aroundâŚ
typical domino pattern.
Iâm a bit stumped by this problem, the bms isnât getting accurate reads on the first two cells but I checked the bms leads harness with a multimeter - Iâm getting the correct voltages there, low resistance, everything âlooks correctâ. I tried plugging in a different smart bms, same problem not reading first two p-groups
Very high possibility one or both of those two wires is not getting connection properly.
I thought so too so I checked the resistance on all of the leads and they looked pretty similar. Not satisfied with that I actually re-crimped and replaced the lead going into group 2, still same problem.
yello dont worry its just the main battery - isnât connected. like the one on the side of the bms. atleast it was for me
Oh shit I havenât wired the charge leads yet just the balance then checked the app, let me try that.
i did the same thing. maybe just grab a wire and âtouchâ the two ends to check if that fixes it
That was right on, crisis averted!
Well bulk battery sorted me out! Free delivery took 2 days to get to Uk only ordered on Wednesday night!
Dang! How much was shipping, may I ask?
Free and so far I dodged import duties so I got 100 cells for ÂŁ365
So if someone, has an old pack with a bad pgroup. ( charges up faster and drains faster than the rest. )
Is it a bad idea to try to replace the pgroup with new cellsâŚ
I told them the usual you sholuld probably get a new pack. ( 12s12p ). but having bought the board used they give me the âholy shit thatâs gonna be expensiveâ style response.
I feel like the zeitgiest in this group has been never put new cells in and old pack, and if you have to do it to all pgroups evenly. or tear apart the whole pack and rebuild it evenly, at which poiknt the labor suggest going ahead and doing new cells anyhow.
Yep this is pretty much my opinion on it as well. However there is a 3rd option that I think doesnât get much credit:
Just remove the bad p-group and have an 11s battery. Your top speed will be a tad lower, and you will need a new BMS, but itâs way cheaper and easier than rebuilding the whole pack.