POWER QUEEN - 190ah LiFePO4 Battery Terminal Covers
I needed a way to keep the battery terminals covered safely. I have several of these setup with repeaters up on mountain tops where it is a shared location. I didn't want some stray cable hitting to top of a terminal and cooking something. The BMS is capable of 150 amps continuous. That can cause some big sparks.
I tried measuring the neg battery terminal and drawing the part (didn't work). I ended up 3D scanning the neg side battery terminal and then creating surfaces from that scan. Then in Plasticity software I ended up doing a Boolean cut what I needed. Turned out very nicely.
There are several draft angles on this due to the original battery top being injected molded. The 3D scan showed this immediately once I started building the surfaces. First time 3D scanning an object and reverse engineering it. Took a little time, but wow. I am hooked.
I have a created a solid cover with no wire pass-thru. I will create other covers too with cutouts or breakouts.
Power Queen Batteries. 190ah is no longer available, but love the recessed terminals.
This is not me doing this reviews, but they are very good.
Scanner used - Creality Scan Ferret Pro
https://www.creality.com/products/cr-scan-ferret-3d-scanner
Base mount boss material - Polymaker PET-CF17
https://us.polymaker.com/products/fiberon-pet-cf17
Top Cover material - Prusament PETG V0 (fire retardant)
https://prusament.com/materials/prusament-petg-v0
3mm threaded melt-in inserts - McMaster Carr PN-94459A724
https://www.mcmaster.com/94459A724/
3mm screws - Amazon - METALLIXITY Flat Head Hex Socket Cap Screws M3-0.5x10
Superglue - Zap-A-Gap (Green bottle)
Superglue accelerator - Zap Kicker
Boss bases are superglued into the battery recessed area once fit is confirmed. ZAP ZIP-kicker was used to set the super glue.
Project is 100% complete.
There is a new Top Cover with cutouts and vents.
The author marked this model as their own original creation.