Hi Scott, No problem - indeed an automotive (round) style post. The week before it melted, I hit a particular hard bump with the truck, so I have some suspicion that the batteries may have moved from that bump and either the post was damaged (maybe sheared partially off) or the clamp was never tight enough so it moved, crud or corrosion cause bad contact and the resistance heated the post until it melted. The last few days before this happening I was asking myself why the charge meter was dropping so fast in the first mile driven, going down 10% within 1 mile, as if the pack was losing charge or dropped in voltage, but it was not cold weather. Now I know that it was the high resistance link!
Next time I will be more in tune with the signs that say that something is amiss in the pack... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 85VWCabrioletEV Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] Re-casting battery post that melted away? Nevemind.....dummy me should have looked at the pics first.......thanks Cheers, Scott -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-casting- battery-post-that-melted-away-tp4662140p4662156.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
