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| Posted: 04:56am 16 Jan 2026 |
To initially set the balancer up, in the past, I have used a pcb with 16 series W.Wound resistors each with a capacitor, all powered from a current limited PSU. This simulates a 16 cell battery and is easier to manage on the bench rather than connecting to a live battery bank. Was a bit messy, so have decided to use a new board using accurate 0.1% 1 watt resistors and a small cooling fan. The current is just over 100mA and provides a reasonably accurate cell voltage that can be easily varied by the PSU for testing.
Here is the design for that, 100x100:
Fan PCB, sits above the main board:
Cheers
Mike
Edited 2026-01-16 16:43 by Solar Mike