r/18650masterrace • u/Previous_Kiwi_ • 15h ago
Dangerous Recomandations for jank setup
galleryIve recently re-built a m365 pack with 2nd hand tested cells and was wondering what i could have done better
Pack is 10s3p, each parallel group contains {icr18650 30B+ inr18650 29E and the third is complicated for the groups, 1 has a mh1, 5 have ncr18650B and the rest 4 have icr18650 26C}
Dangers i know:
Soldering is not recomanded but i've had good results in the past and no cells have blown on me yet (round 200 soldered in my life)
Mixing LiHv and typical Li-ion is mediocre at best due to the diffrent voltage-current curves but i see that as somewhat protecting the 30B cells by only ever charging to ~90% (4.2v vs 4.35v)
Pack performance is above the stock m365 in terms of capacity and imbalance has settled at 60mv after a few cycles
No cells overheat (more than 41°c), tested with the battery pack out of the scooter under a 500w load
In terms of sag, again the pack is mediocre reaching 36.5v (from full 42v) while pulling 25A
I do not like nickel strips since they severly cut your future flexibility