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Can you Install 4-48v lithium rack battery on its side

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I have 4-48v lithium rack battery. Most people stack them butCan I install them side by side. Just like books
 
I have 4-48v lithium rack battery. Most people stack them butCan I install them side by side. Just like books
Depends on the battery. Some manufacturers say any orientation is fine others say only upright. What does the user manual for your battery say?

One battery that has no problem in any orientation are the drop in Battle Born batteries. They use cylindrical cells whereas most lifepo4 batteries use prismatic cells.
 
Depends on the battery. Some manufacturers say any orientation is fine others say only upright. What does the user manual for your battery say?

most lifepo4 batteries use prismatic cells.
I recall Will noted the cells could be installed in "any orientation except unside down" - now which vid was that in...
 
I just purchased two 48v SOK rack batteries, the user manual says any orientation except upside down.
Copied from user manual:
Battery Orientation – Stationary

In a stationary application, the SOK 48v battery can be installed in any orientation with the exception of upside down,
as viewed from the front panel. This means installation on-end, sideways or even face down would be perfectly acceptable.

EDIT: the picture below is not from the manual, it was taken from a different website. I apologize for any confusion.
 

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I just purchased two 48v SOK rack batteries, the user manual says any orientation except upside down.
Copied from user manual:
Battery Orientation – Stationary

In a stationary application, the SOK 48v battery can be installed in any orientation with the exception of upside down,
as viewed from the front panel. This means installation on-end, sideways or even face down would be perfectly acceptable.
Yup
So that means that the vent orientation of the cells are up, as viewed from the front panel.
However that picture is not from the SOK manual.
Those are not the same cells.
 
This is a great thread, i am wanting to do the same thing. I need to install 9 rack batteries but I do not have room on the sidewall for one rack, let alone 2. I have 18 inches from the wall to the edge of the garage door opening, which is the wall where the panels and all will be installed so I need to "wall mount" these batteries. I was wanting to make a rack out of 2x4's frames but using angle iron going down the length of the batteries. I would mount 2 batteries per shelf, on their side, one close to the wall and the other right in front of it, going up the wall on 5 shelves, terminals facing a vertically mounted trough where bus bars will be installed. Then, another set of batteries will be on the other side of the trough.
 
The real answer is it depends on the manufacturer of the cells - check the manual for “YOUR” unit.

Many cells are now - any direction except vent down… some are still - not on the long side down (like the picture of the Winston cells above) and not upside down.
 

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