American Power Conversion 400kW1MW installation manual Rack Assembly

Rack Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Assembling the bottom section	. 9
Assembling the top section	11
Stabilizing the rack	15
Anchoring the rack (optional)	16
Numbering the batteries	16
Accessing your wiring diagrams	16
Positioning rails on shelves	17
Addressing the bottom shelf	17
Wiring the batteries	18
Addressing the third shelf	21
Addressing the second shelf	21
Addressing the top shelf	22
Shelf-to-shelf wiring	23
Assembling the second rack	24
Labelling the terminal blocks	25
Employing sidecars to support separated racks	25
Connecting terminal blocks to battery breakers	26
Connecting terminal blocks to batteries	28
Reattaching terminal block covers	33
Applying warning labels	33
Grounding the racks	33

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Appendix A: Battery Wiring Style E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Style E, rack #1, shelf #1 (top) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Style E, rack #1, shelf #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Style E, rack #1, shelf #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Style E, rack #1, shelf #4 (bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Style E, rack #2, shelf #1 (top) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Style E, rack #2, shelf #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Style E, rack #2, shelf #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Style E, rack #2, shelf #4 (bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Appendix B: Battery Cabling Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

References for Power battery cables: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

References for Fiamm battery cables: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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