since a few weeks i’m reading quite a lot in this forum and currently i’m planning the setup of my very first electric skateboard.
I’m pretty confident in my setup. Nevertheless i have some questions. Here is drawing, showing the components and the wiring.
As you can see im planning to get two motors, powered by a 8s1p battery configuration with 20Ah.
Hopefully im getting quite some range from it. Since i’m totally new to longboarding, speed is not the main aspect.
1.) Is there something completely wrong with it? (would be good to know before i order all the components )
2.) What kind of charger do i need? (i thought of some kind of laptop thing, to make is as easy a possible)
3.) The BMS (Battery Management System) stops charging when the batteries a full, right? (so charging over night wouldn’t be a problem)
Thanks a lot in advance!
Is it possible that this stuff gets kinda an addiction?
Are charging cathode CH- and discharge cathode P- connected to each other? You should make sure that you can charge the batteries over the discharge connection of the BMS because the VESCs will send a charge back to the batteries when braking. The rest looks okay, although your battery status indicator is wired in a weird place, it should work like this, but i would just wire it parallel straight behind the bms before splitting the cables to the VESC.
Also, please note that many people have mentioned issues with the nunchuck (not so stable).
He’s got a red and a black line, so I don’t think the CH- and P- are connected.
To second @rubz, if you’re looking for a nunchuck, the only one I can really recommend is the NRF that vedder made (it’s not just an off the shelf wireless nunchuck though, requires some work). It’s definitely the one with the least problems. Everything else looks great.
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2.) What kind of charger do i need? (i thought of some kind of laptop thing, to make is as easy a possible)
3.) The BMS (Battery Management System) stops charging when the batteries a full, right? (so charging over night wouldn’t be a problem)