Yea.
I did not wait the full 24 hours for the blue loctite to fully cure. I tried it in 12 hours.
I could not remove the bolt by hand but was not difficult with a pair of vice grips and a wrench. It might be good enough to keep the nuts from vibrating off.
I guess with a heat gun and rubbing alcohol it would easily clean off with a paint brush.
I guess I will use it for now.
12:16 AM. 1/21/22
It is finished. I need to paint it.
I had no trouble removing the nuts and putting them back on. The threads are not really damaged. I know about damaged threads. I must have installed and re installed a few dozed chain drives using the same carriage bolts over sometimes four or five times , maybe more. It becomes very difficult to even get a nut started after awhile and torqueing down becomes almost impossible.
The threads on those studs show no sign of wear and tear. The one 10S pack has the correct metric nuts and the other has the 5/16" nuts on top. All 40 top nuts now have the loctite so I should not have to unscrew any of them for any reason.
The video I got from youtube shows that 100 amps will work for 10 gauge wire but I will not need to ever run that much with my packs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DhzWPoSYoQ&t=73s
100 amps would not work continuous for more time than in the video and will eventually degrade the wire. The most I will probably run with my Frankenstein e bikes would be about 50 amps but only for 15 to 30 seconds. Continuous will be around 35 or 40 for more than 1 minute. I think I am good. Also I am using very heavy duty industrial 10 gauge wire. The insulation is rated for a very high temperature. A lot better than the speaker wire used in that test video above.
I think I am good for 30 to 35 mph and short bursts of 40+ mph for 10 or 15 seconds. I can now concentrate on working on the bikes. I am ordering a 54 tooth 8 mm chain and 11 tooth freewheel sprocket for 36 mph gearing. I am only using 38 and 35 amp controllers for now. I might build a dual chain drive e bike which will draw around 50 amps later on but only for 10 to 15 seconds. It will run around 35 amps continuous
The rating on the wire is for 600 volts. It is appliance wire and has thick strands of copper.
600V * 10 amps = 6,000 watts. 600V * 20 amps = 12,000 watts.
https://www.cerrowire.com/products/resources/tables-calculators/applications-charts/
That is what I am using. Good for 600V - 30 amps. Not sure why 600V. Most appliances are 220V so 220 * 30A = 6,600 watts.
I know volts and watts are not supposed to mean anything. It is all about the amps but the fact is this wire used for 600V appliance will take much more heat than standard 10 gauge car amplifier wire shown in the video which stood up to 100 amps briefly.
I do not see any problems drawing 35 to 40 amps continuous and 50 amps peak. The 10 gauge wire in the video above is nowhere near as heavy duty as what I am using.
The paint only cost about $5. Behr Dynasty sample. I hate buying quarts of oil base and only use a little and then it gets a skin on it and most of it goes to waste. I will have plenty to do both LTO boxes. It is also paint and primer together. It is flat black which is perfect. I am still painting. One box is done and will be starting on #2. I am using a $1.50 cent brush and since is water base washes right out.
1/21/22
Yea. I needed a new 11T sprocket for the 1,800W brushless motor. The teeth are bent on the old sprocket. I just ordered one from Electric scooter parts.
Yea.
Just saved myself about $80.
Going down to 1 degree tonight. I brought the lawn mower battery downstairs and hooked the 1 amp trickle charger to the power port to charge the van battery. Been at least a week since I run it. Seriously doubt it would start tonight but should tomorrow. The dome lights are working but a little dim.
The cold weather really takes a lot out of a battery. Especially when the battery was already compromised. You can not drain a car battery down until almost completely dead more than once or twice. One more time and it wont come back.
As soon as the #420 motor sprocket comes in that bike will be good to go. I just need to haul the 26" dual suspension upstairs this week end and set it up for the LTOs to run the 48V - 1,000W direct drive hub motor. Then I will have two bikes to run the LTOs with. I am almost done painting the second 10S - LTO box.
Thanks.
LC out.