Well Done Sid! Man you sure engineered that really well to fit in the Rover! How much longer you think till you integrate the motors and get it driving?
Great progress . The battery has worked out to be a pretty neat installation. Any concerns with getting condensation inside the battery box ? How about water in the charge port from a water crossing ? Cheers.
Good questions! My guess is that I shouldn't have condensation problems because the battery box isn't very exposed to a potential much colder temperature on the outside - I would guess even less so than in most OEM EV's - It's basically inside the car rather than out side at the bottom. The fibreglass is also a much better insulator than the more conventional metal battery case. One thing that I haven't yet done (or mentioned) is putting a battery vent in the lid which will also help. This will just be a simple outlet to a tube that runs to a high point in the car (mainly to deal with heating/cooling expansion effect). With the charge port I have tried to make that back compartment as waterproof as possible. In the unlikely event that water does get in it would have to fill up a fair bit before contacting any of the charge port pins and I would just make sure it dried out a bit before plugging it in! The only really water sensitive component that could get damaged is the charge port ECU which is right at the top (and I have also done my best to waterproof that). Hope your F100 project is going well!
@@sydneyg007 Humm what if you put a desiccant drying pack or something into a port to check or change. Keeping the air dry in the pack will really help with corrosion problems from any humidity.
