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Old 01-06-2012, 02:52 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Center: battery pack/module case. The two magic silver electronic boxes on top are: BCM (Battery Condition Module - left side) and MCM (Motor Control Module -right)

Top (above pack case): wiring harness

Right: bus plate/cover - contains bus bars which interconnect the 20 NiMH sticks/subpacks, through-connected with bolts.

Bottom: battery module cooling fan/duct

Left: junction side components (including wires/cables, connectors, bus bars, contactors, resistor, fuse, induction ammeter coils, etc.); orange plate/bus cover bolted to ends of sticks & battery case




20 sticks/subpacks containing 6 "D" size NiMH cells each. Arrayed so the bolt connections through the end plates create a series string of 120 cells in the pack.

The nominal voltage per cell is 1.2 volts, for a total pack voltage of 144 volts (1.2 V x 120 cells).

The small ring terminals on each stick are the ends of a strip of 6 (one for each cell) PTC (positive temperature coefficient - "posistor") devices - through this strip, the car's electronics can monitor temperature changes in the pack. (There are additional temperature sensors in the pack.)



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