When I built my EV in 2005, the general consensus was that for FLA batteries, the preferred terminal was SAE post style. So that's what I did. Side note: 15 - 8v GC batteries; 4/0 cables.
By the time I needed to replace the battery pack (and since) the market had changed and SAE terminals were a special order item. Being a tightwad, I purchased screw on adapters so my cables would still work with the less expensive 5/16" stud terminals. Not too bad except they keep coming loose and getting hot. Plus it's a lot of work to tighten them. You first have to remove the SAE clamps, torque the adapters and hope they'll stay put for a while. So I'm getting tired of the hassle and considering building a set of cables with lugs on them so I can easily check the torque. My question is: will the lugs provide enough surface contact to carry the amperage? I only run a maximum of 500 amps, most of the time in the 200 amp range. Any special precautions I need to take? I assume I'll purchase factory made copper lugs to fit the studs and the cable - tinned of course. Any advice will be appreciated. Ken -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/FLA-terminals-tp4669714.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)
