Battery cell question.

[mr watts]

Hi,everyone, I hope someone can answer my question.

If a 10s5p battery pack is given a continuous 15 amp load,what would the load be on each cell?
I.e. would current be divided equally in each cell (3a) or will each cell need to provide 15 amps?
Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[matthewslack]

Hi,everyone, I hope someone can answer my question.

If a 10s5p battery pack is given a continuous 15 amp load,what would the load be on each cell?
I.e. would current be divided equally in each cell (3a) or will each cell need to provide 15 amps?
Thanks in advance for any info.

The current will be divided equally by the number of parallel cells in each cell group, in your example 5. So 15A total current will be 3A from each of the 5 cells in the group.

The total 15A will pass through all of the series cell groups.

Look up Kirchoff's laws for the formal statement of what happens in an electrical circuit when more than two wires meet.

 

[mr watts]

The current will be divided equally by the number of parallel cells in each cell group, in your example 5. So 15A total current will be 3A from each of the 5 cells in the group.

The total 15A will pass through all of the series cell groups.

Look up Kirchoff's laws for the formal statement of what happens in an electrical circuit when more than two wires meet.

Thanks for an excellent reply.
Much appreciated.