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Looking to hire someone capable to build a power cable for my project.

evmattyp

I apologize if this is against the spirit of the group. I'm new here and I'm searching for someone capable of building a specific type of power cable that I will be using to connect multiple battery packs together in parallel.

 

I have a simple design layout in mind but I'm open to professional opinions as well. What I invisage is a large (8awg) "trunk" line with an anderson connector at one end.  Every 4-5" down this trunk will a "branch" that is 4-5" long with an XT60 connector on it. There will be (50) of these XT60 "branches" in total. It will need to be flexible yet properly insulated to prevent melting.

 

I can provide all of the required supplies upfront or if someone would prefer to source their own parts I'm happy to reimburse for those @ cost.

 

If anyone is interested in undertaking this request please respond to me here and I can provide you with any information or details you will need to accurately quote me.

 

Thanks so much.

 

Matty 

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  • in reply to jw0752

    Alabama gulf coast. Near the Florida border.

  • in reply to evmattyp

    Hi Matt,

     

    I will ask a couple more questions, not that I will be able to build the cable for you, but if we can clarify a few things we may catch the interest of someone who can. Have you engineered this idea so that you know how the various components will work together? Why does the cable have to be flexible as opposed to a fixed installation? Do you have a scheme for balancing the charge of the batteries. 50 batteries can deliver a substantial amount of current. This current will increase in your cable as more of the batteries are upstream from the load. For example the cable between battery # 49 and # 50 may be carrying 10 Amps while the cable between # 1 and the termination Anderson connector may have 500 Amps. If you are dealing with higher currents you might want to consider a different configuration, like the spokes of a wheel as opposed to a string. Since we don't have a full concept of what you are trying to do it is difficult to speculate further. If you can give us some more details  perhaps you will trigger more pertinent feedback from some of the guys with more experience than me.

     

    John

  • in reply to jw0752

    I appreciate the reply.

     

    The reason the power cable needs to be flexible is so that it can be routed in an "S" manner between the battery packs. This will provide the shortest single run. Although I don't see any reason why there couldn't be a fixed length of solid copper down "the middle" flexible branches coming off. That may be overall a better idea for current handling, just seems overly complicated for my needs.