The real Fein tool is what I have. Expensive, but worthy every penny and I use it every day. The diamond blade better for that type of work, but standard blade should do fine.
It’s open. Here are some quick shots. I am checking things with my multimeter now. I did hit a small orange wire when I cut across top and lost patience, haha.
SCORE! All the cells are good. It is an interesting configuration, but all the channels are balanced within .01v of each other. The cells are resting at roughly 3.24v. This is quite a fancy BMS. There isn’t much room to get to it due to my choice in cutting across the top. I am not sure yet if I would cut it the same way again or not next time.
Weird, I don’t find anything on this company on the web. I mean I’ve found Staff systems, but this is certainly not the good one
Ok I got it !
It’s Stafl systems :
1030M is certainly a custom made model coz it’s not listed on their website. Now we know a reputable company where we can buy our 14S BMS even if it’s priced 200$ it’s proven to work !
If you take a closer look, each cell is connected with a part acting as a fuse wire. Which leads me to think, not only they are protecting each cell individually but also certainly the bms.
That’s a pretty nice battery we have there !
Also, what’s your opinion on the bonding method they used on top and bottom part ? Would you say it’s glued or kind of melted together ?
300A for the fuse because they work with heat ( amp) vs time , so over rating will assure life operating
It is all in data sheet
Just like over rating a bit bms , fuses cells …
I used a 200A which go pretty warm with 140A continious
LOL. I wish I did that last top cut a little more carefully like the first 3 now. Very glad to hear this sucker will fit in my board. I am going to try to save the case. The compartment will be 85mm deep, right? I think all my cuts were clean enough that I can pretty easily seal it up with some 3M windo-weld urethane after I decide how I want to rewire for future charging/discharging. I am going to start shopping for a new BMS, but I may just solder up new balance leads and figure out a want to pass them through in a water proof way. I don’t think these little ribbon cables are going to work for me.
I posted that shot of the edge where I cut through. I am pretty certain it was fused together with heat. It really wanted to melt and fuse back together when the saw blades got too hot.
Yes, it is Stafl for sure. Hard for my old eyes to read in the dark garage. I am reading up on their stuff, looks like it would be minimum of 700 + 280 to go the 12s route with these guys. If I am reading it right, their off the shelf system would actually require two monitor units for 14s. We are talking well over 1k for this BMS.
The more I look at the more I am impressed. It gives me a lot more respect for what Lift put together and their justified price point. Before opening this up, I thought $3,500 was pretty hard to justify for an unserviceable case with 196 cells in it.
Any CAN 2.0B experts in here? I will wait to hear if anyone has any advice on diagnostics with the BMS before I unhook much else.