From Transport Evolved.
The Vectrix VX-1 project is edging ever-closer to the day we can actually put our new battery pack in and start riding – but in today’s update, Nikki explains in a little more detail what she’s been doing to charge the battery packs up, how she plans on compressing the battery pack – and we get a virtual unboxing of the new charger components that have arrived!
Next up? Wiring the loom, and making sure everything can work as planned!
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00:00 – Introduction
00:24 – About those gloves…
01:54 – Virtual unboxing
04:00 – Why no DC fast charging?
04:49 – About the cells
05:36 – How much?
06:09 – The origin of our cells
10:37 – Safety first!
11:41 – Compressing the packs
16:33 – Putting things together
17:46 – The fancy boards make it easier
19:24 – Measuring the voltage
20:11 – Charging things up
22:48 – Designing our own battery caps
24:06 – Itterative design
27:59 – To do: custom loom
34:40 – A notice on fuses
35:56 – One more thing we can’t talk about (yet)
37:22 – Thanks, and Goodbye!
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Links:
@BenjaminNelsonX ‘s YouTube channel – complete with his own Vectrix VX-1 work.
@janjoukeDIY – who recently did his own lithium upgrade using MEB-based cells.
See Nikki’s design "BattCap" at Makerworld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1245684-batt-cap#profileId-1267069
Vectrix VX-1 luggage rack – stage 2 – http://vectrixpro.wordpress.com
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