gaisom
100 mW
I have noticed that most people make the cases for their batteries using a really tight wrap of heat shrink and other insulating material. Some even put the whole thing in a fireproof case. I have been thinking of doing mine a little differently, and would like some input on it.
I am thinking of using a construction glue or cement, something that can be cut with a razor knife if you need to change an individual cell for any reason, and connecting them together in a Hex shape.
If I do it that way and insert them into a PVC or HPVC tube, I could use the screw in end caps and make both ends slotted for cooling air passage with a small PC cooling fan on one end. I could use a shield or shroud to keep rain out.
I seems to me as if this would make mounting it on my USX Hd20 trike pretty easy and clean looking, and if I needed to work on it I could just slide the battery out the end of the tube with the connections on it. since the batteries wouldn't be wrapped in Shrink I could even set it up with contact plates between the cells and make the tube long enough for my 10s 18650's and use the end caps to also create pressure on the contact plates so I wouldn't have to worry about losing connections under vibration or heating the batteries up with soldering on wires.
Schedule 80 pvc is pretty tough.
Anyway, it is a thought I have so please let me know any cons you see in doing it this way?
I am thinking of using a construction glue or cement, something that can be cut with a razor knife if you need to change an individual cell for any reason, and connecting them together in a Hex shape.
If I do it that way and insert them into a PVC or HPVC tube, I could use the screw in end caps and make both ends slotted for cooling air passage with a small PC cooling fan on one end. I could use a shield or shroud to keep rain out.
I seems to me as if this would make mounting it on my USX Hd20 trike pretty easy and clean looking, and if I needed to work on it I could just slide the battery out the end of the tube with the connections on it. since the batteries wouldn't be wrapped in Shrink I could even set it up with contact plates between the cells and make the tube long enough for my 10s 18650's and use the end caps to also create pressure on the contact plates so I wouldn't have to worry about losing connections under vibration or heating the batteries up with soldering on wires.
Schedule 80 pvc is pretty tough.
Anyway, it is a thought I have so please let me know any cons you see in doing it this way?