LiFePo4 battery management

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dat.ev
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LiFePo4 battery management

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Hi folks,

I'm planning on a 33.2kwh battery pack consisting of 104x CALB 100AH 3.2v cells. One thing I have found is that most of the lithium BMS management systems support a maximum of 8 cells. Does this mean I need 13 individual BMS units? Is there a better way? Maybe there is larger BMS units out there Im not finding...

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Www.zeva.com.au
Www.evpower.com.au
Batrium
Orion

Heaps to choose from that go up to 200 cells
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I see the EV power one only goes up to 312v. Slightly low for my system. Zeva I can only see a max of 16 cells. Can you tell me where you saw the 200 cell one?

EDIT - Looks like the Orion can do it and you buy the controller based on cells required.
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dat.ev wrote: Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 11:46 Zeva I can only see a max of 16 cells.
12 cells per module. 16 modules per CAN bus. 192 cells total (600V)
http://www.zeva.com.au/index.php?product=133
So the short answer is NO but the long answer is YES.
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So the short answer is NO but the long answer is YES.
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