Thanks Cor. Yes, regen, so I'll get to work on a new mounting plate and find a place for the joined pair to fit.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Cor van de Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > Only if you gang them mechanically together, so they always open > together, will you gain from series connection of breakers. > Do not worry about the higher voltage at charging - the 250A breaker > will > only be needed to protect your pack while you are drawing from it, i.e. > driving, not while charging (unless you have regen). 50 LiFePO4 means > 3.2V each, so 160V, charged up to 3.45V peak so 172V max? I don't think > you should worry about the few volts higher, but if you do not like to > push your luck then gang your two breakers together and that way ensure > you can break up to 320V. > > Success, > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Scott > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 4:08 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: [EVDL] Airpax ALM-250 safe on 160V system? > > I'd like to use this breaker I have, but now have 50 LiFePo calls > instead > of the 12 12V gels. Is it time to break out the spare breaker and wire > them > in series? > > The rating says "Max 160V", but charging will go above that. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130624/ae5b > dcfd/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130624/de06014a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
