Battery Box Meeting Notes [MSXV]

Aux Battery

• Tested 25-ish cells (approx 60 total)

  • Probs finish testing after CAD deadline for 24

• CAD - need mount (will be late by few)

  • will upload to github EOD

• Cells may need balancing, will add balancing taps

Deliverable: Finish the CAD for the 24th

Enclosure

• Design overall → opening mechanism not optimal

• Will recad with bare min.

  • will host a design sprint with first years (sometime week)

  • optimize for air intake

• Box will rest on the floor of aero

• Shem → working on removal tool

• Manufacturing enclosure will have to wait

  • fireproof resin??

• top, bottom, holder will print (module)

• Ports have been found, need to confirm

  • Same as MSXII

• Wire gauge - ? 2-6 AWG?

  • hw → harnessing tell them (jenna)

  • high current speccing

Deliverable: Tuesday get a new timeline for the enclosure + Design review

Board Mounts

• Integration meeting happened, got lots of info for mounts

• AFE almost done, carrier and current sense not

• Ideal for current sense and carrier to be on top of each other

• Saturday → sprint for mounts

• Redesign, two brackets instead of two brackets and top plate

• AFE and carrier the same size

• Improve space for wiring, add standoffs for the mount

PVDR

• Use the MSXVII PVDR as much as possible

• Review Sunday 17th 7PM

Module Testing????

• Manufacturing state → as soon as possible

• Kostubh will draft a testing procedure for the pack to validate

  • Cell testing/validation → completed

  • Manufacturing guideline → test + revise as needed

• Will be there Monday to discuss

This week:

Apply for passes (HTN): shem, nicole, maggie, vaihbav

Nicole → rch session for first years