Vector bank charger.. 5-2/6/10's

I started putting together a bank charger when i ordered the xm3k. I found 5 vector 2/6/10's on Amazon, & bought them. $140 shipped. When they came one didn't work. :( I'm still trying to resolve that with the company.. hopefull there won't be any major problems. It does give me a problem wiring them all up.. i can only do a 4 bank charger for now.

I decided to go with anderson powerpole connectors. They can clip together, hold a couple of wires, & will handle thousands of connect/disconnects. I also decided to eliminate a terminal strip. So i will have 5 wires coming from the batteries. I will use astar's bank circuit he posted in the batteries forum. Here is the link to his diagram:

I went straight to the powerpole connectors from each battery. I used 12 & 14 ga wire for the charger connections.. 16 or even 18 would have probably sufficed. Here are my leads to the batteries:

I opened up the scooter to see the battery connections. They are easy to access, with plenty of room. Here are the batteries before adding the connections:

For visual clarity, i used a single 12ga wire for the end terminals.. a black & a red, & put on the corresponding color power pole. I had some 14ga clear wire i used for the common connections between the batteries.

Here they are wired up on the scooter:

The clear wires share the positive of one battery & the negative of the next in the string. They are connected in series, so only one charger lead is necessary.

I took the backs off the vectors, & set them on a shelf in my garage, where i will set up the charging station. I ran each plug to a power strip, so i can turn them all off or on. I snipped off the clamps, & wired the chargers as shown above.

With the vectors, i have to manually turn them on & can select the amp charging. One nice feature of them is the voltage check. After riding the scooter, i can plug in the charger, then check all the voltages before & after charging. It will give me some running info, & i might not get a battery monitor.. just the before & after will be nice. I can also make a powerpole plug for my voltmeter, to test the individual batteries under load.

When i get the other charger, i can wire it into the bank.. currently i have 3 chargers wired up & charge the batteries by moving the plug over to charge the 2 that got missed. I'll post the final wiring & some pics when i get it.

scotty