I used metallic straps. Got kit for straping on eBay. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oeO0bQgDamU/Tgp6X6-XgDI/AAAAAAAACWg/iKkXk5w4nms/s280/IMG_5436.JPG
Connections were copper bars. http://justanotherevconversion.blogspot.com/2011/07/just-finishing-up.html?m=1 Barry Sent from my mobile device -------- Original message -------- From: Buddy Mills <[email protected]> Date: 09/21/2013 9:25 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List' <[email protected]> Subject: [EVDL] Straping and connecting LiFeP0 I finally joined the ranks and purchased and picked up my LiFEP04. (42 cents Ah). Now I need to install. If the list serve thought my questions were novice before wait till you get a load of my latest ones. 1st to strap. What type of strapping have others used? Metal, Polypropylene, polyester strapping? I am going to strap 8 cells, 2X4 with a Aluminum Plate 8" X 9" on each end. I was thinking three strap per group. Also what is the cheapest kit or individual tools that anyone has to used to do the job. My second question is interconnecting between the strapped cells. since the 8 cells will be stationary to each other, within the 8pack, can they be connected with a solid piece of copper or aluminum plate between the terminals? Between the 8 packs I know I will need a flex loop, be it wire or metal strip. Also can someone point me in the direction to figure out the width and thickness this plate and interconnects should be in either copper or Alum? I will be running about 300 amps max at 192 volts. Normal driving my amp meter is between 100 and 170 amp. Battery specs - Max Continuous Discharge Current 10% to 90% DOD, Active Cooling 180 A (3C) (times two parallel cells = 360 A) Thanks all, Buddy Mills <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Look mom, no gas. <http://www.evalbum.com/2887> http://www.evalbum.com/2887 Disclaimer: No animals were harmed or killed in the process of writing this email. Any stories to the contrary are, for the most part, either fictional or greatly exaggerated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130921/474dcc0a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130921/d9822969/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
