Balancing Samsung DIY Powerwall using ISDT BattGo BG-8S

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[@tomsummers1137]

David of Zelectric, Michael of EV West and Jehu of Jehugarcia....all in one video. Trifecta!

[@PaulShadwell]

What a gorgeous VW bus. I love the red and white. Now I want to build one but chances are it's impossible in Switzerland ☹️

[@Nostrildomus]

You and your stile are being dissed at evwest and it cost me money . Was under handed in manor and deed . Thanks for being here .

[@iamchillydogg]

When I was a kid we had the VW camper with the pop up top. It also had a tent you hooked onto the side. It was dope. My brother had it at college and one day it caught fire and burned to the ground on the side of the road. RIP VW camper. 😪

[@MaxGoddur]

As you mentioned you are busy will check back to see if there are new videos and answers to questions. I got my Imax balancer charger.

[@JuliansRandomProject]

So funny! I have al the stuff needed to try this, including the ISDT balancer (may need to buy a few more. You're killing it Jehu!

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

NICE 66 Red VW Bus Jehu! I Hope You Can Rebuild Yours That Clean! LOL Thanks

[@toddmarshall7573]

You don't need a $30 balancer to balance your cells. I balance mine by just hooking them in parallel. I have two connectors. One hooks them in series for source. One hooks them in parallel for charging. You can make up the connectors with Anderson power pole.

[@juancarlo121798]

Jehu why you don't share the links on a more international site like AliExpress aswell, so for example in Europe I can buy the same things that you are using in your videos

[@njfulwider5]

Nice Active balancers!!! Great Job Jehu!!!!

[@kevdog20]

Beautiful car. What breed of dog is in the car is it a bassinet hound?

[@gladynerantonio6348]

no more live stream? lol... looks like everybody’s busy huh😁👌

[@babylonfive]

Jay, can you recommend a good active balancer for such systems, that raise the lowest with energy from the highest?

[@michaelpedersen8491]

thanks for the ISDT review, do you know how many mA it balances cells with?

[@josephdavis8586]

Thank you Jehu, please keep these videos coming! I received my 4 batteries from you today and I am so excited to have these as the base of my soon to be solar system! I will definitely balance them as you have shown, and am looking forward to checking out the 48V charging setup.

[@rcox787]

Awesome! Waiting for more vids before I build/buy it...

[@joen9275]

Jehu.... How can I charge these all at the same time? ..... Awesome videos, keep up the great work! :)

[@Jnshaw81]

Can I balance the LG Chem modules from batteryhookup in a similar fashion? I wish you got your hands on those!

[@jkenny1]

The stock BMS doesn't do balancing? Pretty surprising for such a large expensive battery... What do normal customers for these packs do?

[@jehugarcia]

It does but we still don’t know how to use it

[@franklopez6349]

Saw a reply on another video about modifying these from 16S to 14S to lower the voltage to their inverters. The built-in BMS kick in when the individual cells reach 4.05V. But they do not have a way to monitor externaly, other than checking each cell. See comments and replies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKK6iaaupbdobNU

[@frankvitetta]

once again an amazing video, thank you so much. Quick question any idea on how to get hold of an BMS with wifi? I assume ISDT BattGo BG-8S Battery Meter is offline. Basically, I have looked online and can't find any. It will be great to check status of my battery packs remotely :) thanks again and great work :)

[@spener84604]

What does the circuitry do that comes with pack do?

[@armedmindset6778]

Link to where to find the little pin connector that plugs into the Batgo?

[@pherez5193]

Excellent. Do you have video with samsung 7.6 kw. I can't found.

[@holyscience3763]

thanks for sharing Jehu BUT you haven't given us an update on how you charge the Samsung SDI ESS 16s 60V battery modules. Please give us an update...and someone this comment so Jehu can see it. thanks!

[@nm999999991]

I have 12 of these now (thank you), and am working on the built in BMS. If I wanted to share this data, where would be a good location. I have the basic design of these, and how to interconnect them. I am working on the management interface which can support up to 32 units. Once I get this last piece, up to 32 units can balance with each other across the packs.

[@markforaker6345]

I also have several of the Samsung battery modules. The BMS controller is a Maxim MAX17823 there is some data out there but I am working on an interface as well

[@indigoskin]

I'm very interested in this. Wondering if making a public Github repository is appropriate? Otherwise, I'd be happy to build/host a site with the info that you're willing to share.Thanks!

[@nm999999991]

@@markforaker6345 You are welcome to add discovered content to the Wiki. Register and let me know.

[@nm999999991]

@@indigoskin Github is great for schematics and code. I am putting a Wiki together to allow elements of information to be linked. If you would like me to include your Github, let me know.

[@nm999999991]

@@devdaad I just received the balance coils for the network today. I will need to mount them and prototype a board, then get a board made. Follow at the wiki above...

[@MaxGoddur]

I Need to pick a couple of those devices showing the voltage. BTW same guy that lives in Ca (south bay). I am building or should say repairing my e-bike(2) battery packs they both stopped working just under 3 years. Just getting into this area as a hobby/family fixer. The biggest slow down of this repair process is charging then discharging and finally charging each cell to get its capacity and voltage. How do you cut down on time when it comes to this step?

[@leslarson2642]

While this is interesting, the power wall was basically pre-wired for the 8s battery balancer. What about balancing a 48v battery pack with an 8s balancer? Balance by cell groups? Balance part of the pack at a time? Is this possible?

[@youwantjosh]

Great video, very helpful. I'm looking forward to the video about charging these.

[@LarryL619]

Was there a follow up with the 48v power supply and CC/CV DC converter? I’m following along while building my LiFe battery.

[@clydeugene]

Hey Laurence were did you go with the ISDT for your LiFePO4 set-up?

[@martincotterell2349]

Hey Jehu, can those balancers be used in series to display cell voltage (and slowly balance) a higher voltage single pack in an EV ... perhaps by overlapping connections, so every 8th cell is connected to the neighbouring balancer??

[@thesmoothgoat]

Nope they will burn out.

[@waynetaylor2784]

Do you have to use 5pin & 4pin header or could you use 6pin n 3pin sorry for the noob question

[@ShelbyGT5OO]

Just saw your other video from a year or 2 ago about it where you hated it 😂

[@NomaraD]

Hey Jehu, love your content...and now probably a dumb question: could you tell me why the cell and total pack voltage goes up, with resistor-type balancing? Or were you charging at the same time? Succes with the Samba, looking forward to see the video 😃

[@jehugarcia]

yeah I charged that module to match the others

[@spener84604]

@@jehugarcia have you paralleled the pins into the electrodacus? It could be used to charge the batteries (when changed to 24v with cables) 3.3v to 3.9v.

[@taniksambo1969]

Hi, is there a good bms to use for this? Or will there be a follow up video to use the built in bms? Or if I just connect it to the built in one it balance the batteries but no read out?

[@natonioray3396]

hey jay did you ever figure out the bms circuit board on the samsung ess battery modules.im stuck with my four modules.

[@johnkolowich8053]

Let me know if u r using those bms’s

[@lithtweezie1]

Hey Jehu, I'm confused. the connectors that you linked to on Amazon appear to not come in the 4pin and 5pin that we need to use the Battgo cell balancers. Are we supposed to cut them down to the correct pin count? Seems like I'm missing something. Thanks

[@DennisWintjes2]

Very cool!!

[@james10739]

Thsoe look nicer and can probably balance faster but the cellmate8 can do the same thing just cheaper

[@ogairbender808]

How can I find a plug for mine,I'd like to use it but need the pkyg

[@rickrandom716]

Hey rRAD POWER BIKES RUNNING ADDS ON YOUR VIDS COOL

[@Jonathan_O]

No air conditioning in the bus?

[@enrgz]

Anyone ever ask for you to develop a plug and play replacement battery pack or cell replacement for the solo 3dr drone?

[@250xfz6]

Would you be willing to do some consulting for me so I can custom build my own system kind of all home encompassing solar gen grid tie and battery back up for full off grid capabilities

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

Ifin He's Too Busy, PROBABLY!? I Can, Just Sayin... It's Been My Business For 40+ Years Now... LOL Thanks

[@thesmoothgoat]

If you actually take the time to see all of his videos and do a little research, I guarantee you will know enough to build your system without the need to pay anyone... fatcs 👌😤

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

@@thesmoothgoat Very True, Butt Jehu Mostly Rebuilds Cars & Small Power Walls / Boxes... He Don't Have 40+ Years Of Expert Building Solar/Off-Grid Earth Ships/Green Living Homes, Water Heating Systems, Geo-Thermal Heat/Cool, Hydro-Water Power, Mass Heating Stoves In Wood, Oil, Diesel +Burning, Composting Sewers, Wood Gasification To Run Vehicles or Make Your Own Propane Wood Gas, ETC, ETC, ETC!

[@joseaumeida8779]

Hi Jehu! How are you?

[@AlbertoDPL]

Nice VW van

[@shondavis7188]

How can I find those pins for the bms? What are they called? Thanks

[@jehugarcia]

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[@shondavis7188]

Thank u

[@nirutpromma682]

Hi I'm from thailand and I want to learning and buy to make power wall

[@MaxGoddur]

How does this balancer work?

[@jgclark45]

did you quit the bendypod?

[@innoachukwu]

Hmm... The last time i tried using these cell monitors for balancing, it doesn't seem to work. After many hours i couldn't really see any impact.

[@zebra002]

What's the difference between the bus and the samba???

[@jehugarcia]

the windows and ragtop on the roof

[@TheHwnleatherguy]

someone IS JUST NOT HAPPY!!!!!! (POOR PUPPY)

[@carlandre3892]

@jehugarcia could i have some batteries?

[@TROUROCKS]

its not active balancing ..... come on man . get with the program .

[@rickrandom716]

Dog crying because someone is seating on his spot

[@joelfuller4677]

HO LI CRAP that is a clean ride. WOW.

[@johnkolowich8053]

Finish the video please

[@daniloveiga2204]

Hello Jehu. I need some urgent help understanding how to make the connections to charge this BMS "ISL94202EVKIT1Z". I'm building a BMS for a hospital application with my team and we're trying to test this BMS evaluation kit first. If anyone has used this device or understand how it works please let me know, it's for my senior project.

[@mitchellduttry2431]

The Samsung batteries would be neat if they can be used for EV

[@josepht6274]

just my two cents. i have 8 of these to check my fiat 500e packs for my electric trike. non of them read the same phoooo

[@smntsn]

I have same device. It is useless... It can take 2-3 weeks to balance a mid powerwall if I never charge it at the same time for 2-3 weeks... only using it for monitoring. I regret buying it.