Battery Module Installation
- Micah Black
The battery modules were designed to slide in vertically.
There is a bit of overlap with the side walls of the battery enclosure. Noting this down that it will be a tight fit to install them (if even at all possible). We have ~8.5mm of overlap along the side edges:
They are constrained at the side to the middle of the box with the cable guides, so we cannot slide them in sideways unless we modify those pieces.
The 3D printed latch covers will also be in the way of the module installation.
If we can’t put our modules into the box, then we’ve got a bit problem…
We need to come up with some solutions to this:
Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3 | Option 4 |
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| Extend width of catamaran cover by 17mm |
Cut away the offending portion of the catamaran cover | Move battery modules 8.5mm towards the center of the pack | Reduce height of the balance wire guides (move the extra height to to top piece but keep the bolt location the same). This would allow the modules to be installed at a bit of an angle. | Make the catamaran cover wider to allow a direct vertical installation of the modules unobstructed. |
Cam Latches would have to be re-positioned as well | This would require repositioning of a bunch of other components: Horizontal locating pieces, vertical holding pieces, etc. | I’m not sure if this would completely solve for being able to install the modules, but it would help. | Requires no changes to other interior components or placement. |
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| It looks like we would need to cut off the wire guides at around the point that the fillet starts. We might have to cut off the reverse installation protrusions on the modules to make this happen (which I am not a fan of, but can be done).
| We will be going with this option. |
Proceeding with Option 4 to extend the width of the catamaran cover and make no changes to the battery design.