Benn, What I am talking about is welding the lead cell interconnects between battery cells. Not welding cables to the lead posts, that would be a recipe for disaster.
As far as the galling threaded post, if you try to cut it off it might wiggle enough to break it internally, nothing good down that road. If you cut it off is there enough room to get a nut and lock washer on the remaining stud? Overall the easy cure is probably replacement, anything else is iffy. But if it works it saves you the cost of a battery. Bob Ellison From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of benn kilburn Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:57 AM To: Wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Battery interconnect cable length Thanks for the feedback guys. Yeah, i suppose that in a single string, cable length is not as important as it would be for the paralleling cables. Ray, good point that if there are multiple parallel strings, then the series jumpers in one string should be equal length to the series jumpers in each string. I see the logic in that. Daryle, 'right-angle lugs', i've seen those. Good suggestion for difficult connections, thanks. I'll have to keep a few of those handy for future jobs. Bob, are you saying that you weld the interconnect cables to the battery posts? and/or use 'plates' to bolt the posts together? I've seen plates used, but welding the lugs to the posts ....? ... see next thread.... 'Battery Post Galling' benn DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. b...@daystarsolar.ca 780-906-7807 HAVE A SUNNY DAY
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