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How Many Ah flow through each Bus Bar?
The image below generally depicts one of my DIY, 12v batteries, constructed from 3.2v, 280Ah Lifepo4 cells.
If I wanted to make my own cell interconnects out of wire, rather than using bus bars, what would be the Ah number that I should use when using a standard AWG wire size calculator to determine recommended wire size?
For example, am I correct to assume that, with a hypothetical 280Ah load, about 70Ah would flow through each bus bar (i.e., 280/4 = 70 Ah)?
I searched the forum and saw a few posts tangentially talking about the matter, but got lost in a wall of text that confused me.
Thanks for the help.
The image below generally depicts one of my DIY, 12v batteries, constructed from 3.2v, 280Ah Lifepo4 cells.
If I wanted to make my own cell interconnects out of wire, rather than using bus bars, what would be the Ah number that I should use when using a standard AWG wire size calculator to determine recommended wire size?
For example, am I correct to assume that, with a hypothetical 280Ah load, about 70Ah would flow through each bus bar (i.e., 280/4 = 70 Ah)?
I searched the forum and saw a few posts tangentially talking about the matter, but got lost in a wall of text that confused me.
Thanks for the help.