TORque Box Assembly; XLITE; 18s2p Battery

This article is just a short accompaniment to the longer demonstration video that is embedded below, as well as in the product pages for the battery itself (found here).

*Note, that for DIY one wheel builds using the Little FOCer VESC and aftermarket higher voltage batteries, with charge-only BMS units (such as ENNOID XLITE AND ZBMS), the front controller box should be assembled and all connected first, as well as the Molex (if used) for the wiring harness.

The battery box wiring should be done last. This is to prevent sparks and arcing at the Molex connector (which has small pins that will get damaged from the arcing), and to avoid any odd grounding issues that may still present when connecting the CAN bus connector for a smart BMS such as the XLITE.

While watching the assembly demonstration, please keep in mind that the goal of the assembly is to both understand that some compression will occur in closing the box, and to avoid that compression becoming a problem for the wiring and the parts by way of crushing and extraneous abrasion.

So while in many cases, the use of tapes or fish paper to guard wiring may not look pretty, it all serves the goal of keeping the assembly working properly and safely for the life of the device. And so, it’s important to look at whatever you’re building, and think about what parts could cause damage or wear, and do your best to get around that.

A project is only as good as its builder makes it. Build it well, build it once.

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