I personally wouldn't trust the 5/16 bolts for anything more than what my tractor dishes out. (Maybe 200A briefly, flexy cables.) Even then I'm very careful not to over-torque the nuts and check them regularly. 550 amps and stiff 2/0 cable is a recipe for a melted post. L posts or automotive posts are what you need. (Do NOT try those screw-on automotive post adapters for the bolts - they are a joke.)
If it was me I'd find a shop with someone skilled at molding new posts and convert yours. L posts are probably preferable so you can re-use your cables (which are not cheap to replace), but I've never heard of molding L posts - only auto posts. Good luck Chris On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Roger Daisley via EV <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I am going to give the Costco 6v golf cart Batteries a try. I just hauled > home 18 of them. (56 lbs, ea.) > > > > My previous battery set has the L-foot terminals, while the Costco > batteries > have the post, with 5/16 screw. My controller draws about 550 amps, max. > (Usually, under one minute duration.) > > > > What would be the best practice to hook up 2/0 cabling, with lug ends? > > > > Roger Daisley > > Pullman, WA > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140509/8767a258/attachment.htm > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/gif > Size: 70 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140509/8767a258/attachment.gif > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20140509/95edf122/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)
