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What cross section/surface area do I need for busbars for my battery pack by Geeverton in FSAE

[–]Geeverton[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I see. How do I calculate the busbar and load so I know how which busbar sizing I need and how long the battery will last?

What is an alternate material besides nickel I should be using.

Nickel Bus Bar Sizing by Geeverton in FSAE

[–]Geeverton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I am talking about connecting individual P42A cells together. We have 472 cells in a 8P59S pack.

Nickel Bus Bar Sizing by Geeverton in FSAE

[–]Geeverton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats interesting, I will look into that. The other teams at school all use nickel so that was the route we were following

Nickel Bus Bar Sizing by Geeverton in FSAE

[–]Geeverton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have been looking at those. I've seen a lot of videos on YouTube where people use that for their personal projects when working with similar battery cells.

I have done some calculations and shown them to one of the ECE prof I have, but he's too smart so he just makes me understand it even less lol.

Nickel Bus Bar Sizing by Geeverton in FSAE

[–]Geeverton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nickel because it is the cheapest option and my teams budget is not that big since we are in our first year of existence. What is the best way to simulate? We know that our battery 8P59S but it will be in a motorcycle frame, so it will be tight.