An active balancer has high importance in optimizing your energy storage systems, especially those that are based on multiple cells and packs. With the implementation of these circuits, the energy storage systems can become much more efficient, and here we will discuss how.
How Can Active Balancers Help Optimize Energy Storage Systems?
Here are the top 6 ways active balancers can help optimize your energy storage systems.

By equalizing cell voltage
The first thing that an active balancer will do is equalize the cell voltage in your battery system. It is important because if the voltage is not the same for all cells, the ones with low voltage can negatively impact the performance, and active balancers help deal with issues like over-charging and over-discharging.

Hence, they equalize cell voltage in the whole system, making it more efficient.

By extending battery life
One of the biggest reasons why battery life is shortened is high strain on cells and lack of balance on the whole pack. An active balancer is the perfect solution to this problem, and this way, it extends the battery life as well.

It manages the whole pack in a way that the entire capacity can be utilized, and the pack is limited according to the weakest cells so the others do not get any extra strain on them.

By providing safety and efficiency to the whole system
Overcharging a cell is a safety hazard that can cause overheating and lead to fires. With an active balancer, this problem is solved because every cell charges equally with balanced current and voltage.

It also ensures that the cells can transfer energy from high voltage levels to low voltage levels. No energy is wasted this way, and the whole system becomes more efficient.

Maximizing usable capacity
When all the cells in your battery pack are balanced, the whole capacity of your battery pack is used, which includes power from every cell in the pack. Meanwhile, if they are not balanced, the performance cap of a battery pack is based on the weakest cell.

So, active balancers balance out all the cells and ensure the whole capacity of your battery pack can be utilized for loads.

By monitoring and diagnostics
Modern technology-based active balancers can monitor the battery with real-time performance stats and provide diagnostics reports for the problem. In this way, any potential problem can be identified and resolved before something worse happens.
Through optimized charging and discharging,

An active balancer can optimize the charging of the whole battery by balancing cells and ensuring that one cell does not slow down the charging process of the rest of the batteries.

Additionally, it improves discharge performance as well by making the system provide a uniform supply of power without interruptions or bad performance.

Technical Parameters

EnerKey BMS Active Balancer 5A 3S 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 14S 16S 18S 19S 20S 21S LFP LTO LI-ION lifepo4 Balancer Capacitor Balancer
Product model	EK-C10S5A	EK-C12S5A	EK-C14S5A
Product strings	10S	12S	14S
Suitable strings	8-10S	9-12S	9-14S
Product Size(mm)	L114*W70*T16	L137*W70*T16	L125*W80*T16
Weight with box	0.24kg	0.25kg	0.28kg
Battery Type	NCM/LFP/LTO	NCM/LFP/LTO	NCM/LFP/LTO
Suitable capacity	30ah-300ah
Voltage equalization accuracy	5mV (typical value)
Balanced Cascading	Support balanced cascading for battery packs, for example , it can cascade for 11S , 24S ,36S , 48S....and so on
Single cell voltage collection range	NCM/LFP version : 2.7V-4.2V
	LTO version : 1.8-4.2V
Undervoltage protects sleep voltage	NCM/LFP version＜2.7V
	LTO version＜1.8V
Under voltage protection Start balancing voltage	NCM/LFP version: 2.835V
	LTO version: 1.89V
Equilibrium method	Patented (Patent No.: ZL 2019 1 1259513.3) balanced architecture Fit capacitor method, the entire battery pack is balanced at the same time. Connect to the battery pack for automatic balancing (default). You can add a switch to manually turn on or off balancing.
Equilibrium current	0.1V Differential pressure 1A Balanced current,
	the differential pressure is proportional to the balanced current,
	the maximum allowable operating current is 5.5A
External power supply	No need for an external power supply,
	relying on the internal energy transfer of the battery to achieve sdjacent equalization.
Quiescent operating current	7mA, the total string draws power
Sleep standby current	0.1mA(typical value)
Operating Temperature	-20℃ ~ +60℃

Packing List

Wire connect

A single EK-C12S5A supports the use of 9 and 10 and 11 and 12 string battery packs. The wiring method is as follows:

EK-C12S5A supports cascading battery packs. Fox exmple, 2pcs of 12s cascade to 23s, see below drawing:

NOTE:As shown in the figure above,there can be multiple common ends of energy exchangeso that the efficiency of equilibrium will be higher;It is also possible to use only one common end of theenergy exchange atthejunction of two modules.The other free feet are suspended, and it is best todistribute the number of strings equally on each board.If you need the cascade diagram for more strings, Please contact our online service, Thanks.

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