100AH Calb Update - Southtowne Lanes Bowling Center

Change Lead Acid Ranger to 100AH Calb LiFepo4 cells- 100

This is a change from a Lead acid ranger ev to a 100AH CALB pack ....

I have been waiting for a set of these to try in my own ranger ev so now

is the time ... this looks like a great set of LiFepo4 cells ... the lowest

cells are 113AH and the highest is 114AH so this is a high and well

matched set of cells ... I will install this as a 100 cell NIMH update

even though there is no IOM assy's since we now have the manzanita

micro LLC update I am going to try it .

From beginning to end ... this should be a great update ...........................

110V adapter for Manzanita and relay assy.

This is a manzanita micro llc. adapter to be able to charge with 110 volts

some call it opportunity charging ............ a great thing to have when no

220V plug in is available ................................ adding the relay and attaching

it to daves new BMS system for Lifepo4 cells it is a total package with

protection and variable charging ......................

How to Charge with 110V and Manzanita MIcro LLC Charger

This is with Daves newest BMS system and LiFepo4 cells hooked up as above ....

with the new installed switch in the grille turn it to on ... (this makes it so it tells the

Ranger ev that it is plugged in and it will not allow you to drive or even start the

vehicle with the switch in the on position)

Plug in 110V Power to the Manzanita Micro LLC adapter built above ...

be sure and use at least a 15 amp cord 12-3 or bigger and keep it

under 25 foot long if at all possible .... if it gets warm while charging

get a bigger cable ...

I run my cable through the grille to make it so I can close the hood and leave it alone ...

Now grab the NGS tester and plug it in under the steering wheel in the truck ...

Turning on the charging relay with the NGS tester

Once it is plugged in and boots up :using

the black wheel to scroll and the trigger button

is the enter button .... you have to press trigger after

most everything .....

Select Vehicle

Select Diagnostics data link

Select BCM

Select Active command modes

Scroll down and select contactor output control

Press setup (#8)

Press auto (#4)

Press cancel one time

Press trigger once

Use scroll and close the charger relay

then press trigger once and you have now turned on the relay ..

you can chose the pid's to monitor on the right hand side, I like to watch aux_cnt that is the amps going into the pack I also like to watch the bat_soc and cus_soc so I know when the ranger ev is at 99.9% which is full ...................... you can then set the timer on the manzanita to about 1 hour so it float charges the batteries to help keep them equalized .................

I have preset this in all the ones I do personally .. in the pictures you can see both

the switches setting and the timer adj setting , feel free to copy the settings they work

well for me ....

OK turn the power on the Manzanita micro LLC .. (the big breaker to the right side of the charger)

OK now turn the current knob to set the amps ... I have black marks

set on mine for the maximum of 8 amps and also a setting to start at 2 amps

for equalizing the pack ... I use the first mark every 4 or 5 charges when

I get the charge up to about 80% then I change it to top it off ................

Close the hood and give it about 5 and 1/2 hours to charge if empty ...

less if it is not empty ... you will get to know how long it takes ...

I have the ones I do preset with marks and the timers are preset so

if you get to the full charge before the BMS shuts it down it will hold

and equalize the pack for approx. 1 hour ..... it will do this automatically ...

Be sure when it is done to turn off the manzanita charger with the breaker ..

then unplug the charger ...... and turn off the switch so you can start and

drive it .....

Thats it ... enjoy the charging system as it is a much better charger

then the original ......

110V or 220V charging

remember this above setting is totally set to 110V charging ...

you can add a relay and wire it in exactly the same with a 220V

adapter to use 220V charging ... I will build one and have pics

of it just like the 110V adapter also .......

Enjoy the system , these are a great charger ... as you will see

the main reason I added this is that I am also doing a small

Inverter generator that will efficiently run for 14 hours on less

then 2 and 1/2 gallons of gas ......that is almost 3 full charges

on the fuel you can see thats way over 70 miles to the gallon ...

thats next ..................................