The first generation of lithium batteries offered immediate advantages over lead-acid batteries, but they still left users wanting more. Just because lithium batteries solved the issues of partial state of charge, charging procedures, maintenance and battery life didn’t mean they didn’t create new problems, or, more precisely, higher expectations.
RELiON designed the InSight series around those problems and expectations. We set out with specific design criteria based on our analyses of where existing lithium batteries fell short, and resolved not to bring a battery to market unless it satisfied every criterion.
Ease of use: Drop in, ready to go
The one area where RELiON wanted to be completely conformist and absolutely unoriginal was in the size and shape of the battery. We did not want anyone to have to change anything about their vehicle other than their batteries. The most difficult part of installation is removing your heavy lead-acid batteries.
The InSight 48V fits into the standard battery trays for golf cars, low-speed vehicles or utility vehicles.
Once you place the batteries into the tray, utilizing the battery cables they’re connected in parallel, which means the positive terminals are connected together and the negative terminals are connected together. Once the battery cables are connected, you then connect the CAN cables, and this is just as easy: connect the CAN Out of one battery into the CAN In of the next battery, the CAN Out of that battery into the CAN in of the next, and so on.
The CAN Cable Connection is not required to use the batteries, but it enables our Bullseye Balancing, the first of several “smart” features within InSight. The batteries share information between each other via CAN communication so they balance automatically.
Click https://relionbattery.com/blog/insight-series-features for details.
