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Author Topic: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?  (Read 1917 times)

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Hey guys let say you want BOTH of these options ;)

But only have ... in fact: ONE tank ???

So... It is way too complicated to Split the Battery in two half and to put it under the bike... So the powertank MUST remain inside the tank....

And... this leave only ONE option: Where the hell to put the Diginow SuperCharger on the bike and keep it "hidden"

I know Luke had fit manu 3.3kW modules around the bike.. but I still dis not found  any images left ...

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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2017, 09:46:10 AM »

remove factory charger.
make custom aluminum skidplate that doubles as heatsink.
mount 4 supercharger modules in place.
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2017, 10:03:07 AM »

remove factory charger.
make custom aluminum skidplate that doubles as heatsink.
mount 4 supercharger modules in place.
You will never get 4 in the place of the onboard unless you double stack and you are willing to lose a lot of ground clearance. Three will fit but if you want the third to sit flush with the other two you will need to mill some heatsink fins on the motor.

Luke has three in tank and three in place of the onboard.  If you have side cases you can mount on the inside of the mount rack.  I don't think there are any other options for hiding chargers.

Pretty much the only reason Luke can get away without active cooling on chargers in place of onboard is that he is charging with so much power he finishes before any of the charge modules go into thermal cutback....and he is right on the border....with "only" three modules in place of the onboard and no active cooling thermal management is going to be an issue.

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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2017, 10:04:06 AM »

remove factory charger.
make custom aluminum skidplate that doubles as heatsink.
mount 4 supercharger modules in place.

Thanks for your suggestion. However is the 1.3k charger the ony one that is controlled by the BMS?

The 8KW or more charger need to be connected on the controller with the key ON to work as i understood..?

And higher than about 80A charging on the port on a 100A fuse is not recommanded) and as well charging thru controlelr connections is not controlled by the BMS ( with the BMS ON signal and throttle engage signal) or something similar?... or make charge current to not be protected for HVC, high temp battery and other safety that the regular 1.3K charger is?

So I tought that the base 1.3kW cahrger needed to remain there for the signal and CANbus to be detected etc...?

Can someone confirm?

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« Last Edit: June 26, 2017, 10:07:01 AM by Doctorbass »
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2017, 11:06:53 AM »

You don't need onboard. You have two options to start charging.

1. Plug in onboard and once Contactor is closed plug in DigiNow.

2. Key bike ON, plug in DigiNow, once charging starts (fans turn on) the bike can be keyed off.

The DigiNow uses enable signal so it can keep contactor closed but it can't initiate closing. The Zero charge tank works the same way.

If you charge through controller terminals you are bypassing the 100amp fuse but you still have contactor between charger and Battery so the BMS can stop charging by opening the contactor.

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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2017, 11:30:49 AM »

Yes , thats what i tought.

Thanks for confirming!

I just tought that without the 1.3kW charger present, that the bike MBB could detect the no presense and make error code that prevent the bike to not operate...

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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2017, 08:02:53 PM »

remove factory charger.
make custom aluminum skidplate that doubles as heatsink.
mount 4 supercharger modules in place.

This is what I did.

I have both a powertank, and 4 superchargers under the bike.  13,200 watts of charging with a 45 minute run time before thermal power cutback, which is perfect to match my usual charge time
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2017, 08:48:22 PM »

I thought I had a better picture or one with the pan installed but this is the only one I could find.

Surely very very easy you could mount 2 superchargers down the middle and have the pan go deeper and still keep plenty of cornering clearance.

This is just 1/8" or 0.125 aluminum I bent and cut holes in for the wires to come out the sides
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2017, 11:16:08 PM »

Thanks Terry!  that picture worth thousand words!

So you dont have the heatsink and fans as i see the white poting inside?

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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2017, 11:23:41 PM »

Right the units are potted so I removed the top cover, although on 2017 long brick bikes the battery ribbing underneath isn't needed as the plate is stronger already because there isn't a bus bar under the long bricks which took up space on the 4 cell box version.  Also the aluminum pan acts as my heatsink and can help pull heat for about 45 minutes before the chargers start to cut back. This is actually fine for me, but I will add some cooling fans and channel I can add when I stop if I will be charging many bikes back to back without riding to cool the pan down (as I did yesterday at Laguna - the chargers ran for 5 hours straight and got cooled with water running down the pan)
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2017, 12:10:16 AM »

I know I was there, but I missed the water cooling setup.  Any pics of that?

One thing that is nice about the onboard is plugging into 110V when its convenient.
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2017, 12:17:47 AM »

I know I was there, but I missed the water cooling setup.  Any pics of that?

One thing that is nice about the onboard is plugging into 110V when its convenient.

you just pour water on it. boom. watercooled.
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2017, 01:30:38 AM »

One thing that is nice about the onboard is plugging into 110V when its convenient.
Each charging module of DigiNow SCv2 will scale the load with the input voltage, i.e. approximate maximum 16A at 120Vac suppl and 32A at 240Vac supply. You would need to connect only one module, but it does what you want.
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2017, 04:49:08 AM »

Side view of 13,200 watt charger skidpan. Charging cables not hooked up yet.
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Re: Powertank + chargetank : only enough room for one... Solutions?
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2017, 05:58:32 AM »

I'm more in favor of the "Boxer" configuration with one module per side bolted to the lower frame, but SCv2 cabling isn't quite long enough to traverse the battery without strain risk, so I may put two on one side and SCv1 on the other to balance the weight somewhat.

In any case, a bunch of cradle aluminum brackets for mounting the SCv2 would be useful for a lot of users, for the under-belly or side options.
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