On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter via EV < [email protected]> wrote:
> As was posted, in either case (L or the Universal post) I had to be > careful when tightening: only to a point that did not mash the soft lead > too much. After the initial pack break in and connection tightening > (check connections after a week, and again after two weeks of driving), > I did not find any loose connections to cause problems. I did a bit of this with the pack in my tractor, ending up with the stud posts (yeah, I was not happy). I'm guessing the tractor pulls maybe 200A max and runs lighter cables than an EV. Being cheap, I got big hardware store eyelets for lugs, used four strands of 10 gauge wire for each cable (same area as the originals, crimped with a hammer crimper), and attached the eyelets to the posts with SS flat washers, Belleville washers and nuts. I tighten the nuts until the Belleville washers just flatten. That doesn't feel like it's tight enough, but they've been in place with no need to re-tighten for a few years now. They never get warm. This is in a vehicle with no suspension that bounces around a lot, though the 4-wire cables are much more flexible than 2/0, which helps. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140528/e6683d72/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)
