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by willman3755
Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:50 pm
Forum: Charging
Topic: Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1070

Re: Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles

I may also look into reconfiguring my pack back to the full voltage 96s, but for driving splitting it 3:1 (or maybe 2:1) with some contactors. I think the interlocking for this should be doable off the charging vs driving contactor outputs on the Orion; the main thing is what the Orion thinks of bal...
by willman3755
Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:39 pm
Forum: Charging
Topic: Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1070

Re: Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles

Well - this was what I was worried might be the issue. Dammit Chademo! I also have an IONIQ 5 so I'm not adding Chademo to this car for practical reasons; mostly I wanted it so I could reasonably drive it to EV events more than 50 miles away without hours of L2 charging. I already have one TSM2500. ...
by willman3755
Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:19 am
Forum: Charging
Topic: Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1070

Orion BMS 2 Chademo Troubles

I'm finally adding Chademo charging to my '78 MG Midget that has a forklift motor and a 24kWh (about 14kWh usable today) LEAF pack. One thing to note first off is that my pack is only 32s or 134V fully charged, ~100V totally dead. I'm aware that many Chademo stations only support 200-500V, but the o...