>> Glad you found something!
Yeah, me too. I went all around the battery and tested torque on the
rest of the 74 bolts, and only found a few that needed an extra
foot-pound or two. The threads have been coated with anti-seize, so
there is good lubrication, but I'm really gun-shy (wrench-shy?) about
pulling down too hard and yanking the threads out of the cell posts.
Soft aluminum and copper make me queasy when I have to test the
threads. I played it safe and only torqued to 8 ft.lbs. Anyone know
the official torque spec on Thundersky's?
>> The leaves do not need to contact each other...
Yes, I did know that, but I had some concern that the ends of the
leaves were still a little wrinkly, and might not be flattening
enough. Looking at the patterns in the "Bad_Straps.jpg" image, it
looks like there was pretty good contact area going on, just not
enough pressure.
I guess the good news in all this is I only made one run into town
and back with loose hardware, and the cell terminal posts looked
fine, in spite of the straps getting a little scorched.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Maybe next I'll launch into a
tale about what happens when you short out a pair of series connected
Leaf modules by putting the bus bars on wrong (surprising outcome!).
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