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13S4P battery case — 52 cells, 48 V

A 13S4P pack is 52 cells: 13 groups in series, 4 in parallel in each group. This page lists the 18650 housings that actually take it, in the order of how much room they leave for the BMS and the wiring.

Short answer: 73 of our 110 housings take a 13S4P on 18650. 56 of those leave at least six cells of room — which is the practical minimum once a 13S BMS and the wiring are in.

The pack, in numbers

Cells52
Nominal voltage13 × 3.6 V = 48 V
Charge voltage13 × 4.2 V = 54.6 V
Capacity (typical)4 × 3.5 Ah = 14.0 Ah
Energy (typical)655 Wh

Capacity assumes 3.5 Ah per 18650 cell. Your cells will differ — the cell count and the voltage are exact, the capacity is a working figure.

Housings that take it

Model18650 ceilingRoom left
ALX006 · Integrated520
ALX015 · Integrated520
ALX019A · Hailong520
ALX019B · Hailong520
ALX029 · Integrated520
ALX054 · Water Bottle520
ALX068 · Hailong520
ALX078 · Rear Rack520
ALX079 · Integrated520
ALX084 · Integrated520
ALX089 · Downtube520
ALX090 · Integrated520
ALX096 · Hailong520
ALX107 · Integrated520

Showing the 14 with the most room. The other 59 are in the case selector.

Why room left matters more than the ceiling. A housing listed at 52 cells holds your pack exactly and nothing else — no BMS, no nickel, no cable exit. In practice a 13S pack needs roughly six cells of space beyond the cells themselves, because a 13S BMS is longer than the 10S board these moulds were designed around. That is the single most common reason a build that “fits” does not close. There is a longer explanation in why your 13S5P pack will not fit.

Work out your own configuration

The pack calculator does this for any series and parallel count, and the case selector takes a plain cell count if you already know it.

What 655 Wh actually gets you

The figure above is energy, not distance. A 13S4P pack on 18650 works out to about 655 Wh, which is roughly 55–82 km on low assist and 20–30 km at full assist for a 75 kg rider on mixed terrain. How far a pack will take you explains what moves that figure, and how the same configuration on the other cell format compares.

Other configurations

The parallel count is what changes the housing, not the series count.

Common questions

How many cells is a 13S4P pack?
52 cells — 13 groups wired in series, 4 cells in parallel in each group.
What voltage is 13S?
48 V nominal (13 x 3.6 V), charging to 54.6 V.
Which battery case takes a 13S4P pack on 18650?
73 of our housings take it. 56 leave at least six cells of room for the BMS and wiring.
Can I use a 13S4P pack in a case listed at fewer cells?
No. The listing is the ceiling. If a housing says it takes 49 cells it will not take 52.

Send us the pack and we will confirm the fit

Cell format, series and parallel count is usually enough to answer the same day. If the answer is that none of our moulds fit, we will say so.