Apologies guys for not updating this thread as often as I should, I've been tied up for the last week or so re-roofing a large shed but that only excuses me for the last week.
Anyway here are a few pics of the current progress in the rear battery box.
This is the rear upper battery box with the HV connector, contactors and fuse in place.
And today I got some of the HV connections made. As you can see I'm bringing the HV to the front of the car through the holes in the floor that were already there. This is all temporary and it will be tidied up with rubber grommets and orange conduit when installed in the proper car.
I'll also come up with some way to insulate/cover the fuse as I don't like so much live metal being exposed, especially in a metal box.
Note, it's only sitting at 7.5V now from a single module
The slot to the left of the HV connector is for BMS cables. I'm hoping to secure the BMS in this corner as most of the modules are here at the rear.
It's not easy to see but I also brought the two cables up from the lower box and connected them to the two large modules in the middle.
Every module is screwed down with the original VW screws using rivnuts in the bottom of the box. I haven't done it yet as this is only the test mule but I will weld some brackets to the outside of the box to bolt it down.
I couldn't decide if I should mark the cables coming up, pos and neg relating to the battery terminals they connect to, or the voltage in the cables but plumped for the terminals they are connected to as it's how I mark them when I can see both ends.
I'm using 35mm2 cable for the pack interconnects and 50mm2 cable for the two long routes to the front of the car. This might be overkill as VW only used 35mm2 but Nissan used 50mm2 cables for a less powerful car so I think it makes sense.
I still need to find a service disconnect switch for this pack but I think that plus some insulation for the box is the only thing missing regarding safety.
I've been in touch with Nodge for advise regarding the anti tamper connection in the HV connector. I plan to use it to kill the power to the contactors should the HV cable be disconnected while the car is turned on but I don't think the wires are heavy enough to take the current from the contactors so Nodge advised I use a miniature 12V relay that only draws 70mA.
I might even use this for the service disconnect as it will kill the 12V to the contactors both in the rear battery box and the front HV junction box ensuring that all cables and connectors are not live. Anybody any thoughts on this? As far as I can see it is how VW did it.