Hi,
I'd like to use a second battery pack on my ebike and parallel it with the original battery using ideal diodes (http://re-voltage.eu/electronicsID80V2.html). Wires can be attached to these ideal diodes using crimp terminals (eyelet) with M3 bolts/nuts. Since these will be subject to some vibrations on the bike, I'd like to use nyloc nuts on these connections to secure them and prevent them getting loose over time. Initially I thought that brass bolts/nuts were the way to go to have the best electrical connection but I cannot find M3 nyloc nuts made in brass (online sellers that I can find only sell large industrial quantities whereas I only need 8-10 nuts...). It seems much easier to find nyloc nuts made in stainless steel or zinc platted. Do you think that bolts/nuts made of such materials would provide the same electrical connection as brass fittings? Note that I do not plan to mix brass bolts with steel nuts due to galvanic corrosion, everything should be either 100% brass or 100% steel. Or do you know a place (online) where I could buy small quantities of M3 nyloc nuts in brass? Or would you have any other solution to prevent the nuts to get loose with vibrations? (I'd like to avoid soldering and I'm also unsure that Loctite thread locker is electrically conductive...)
Thanks for your input!
I'd like to use a second battery pack on my ebike and parallel it with the original battery using ideal diodes (http://re-voltage.eu/electronicsID80V2.html). Wires can be attached to these ideal diodes using crimp terminals (eyelet) with M3 bolts/nuts. Since these will be subject to some vibrations on the bike, I'd like to use nyloc nuts on these connections to secure them and prevent them getting loose over time. Initially I thought that brass bolts/nuts were the way to go to have the best electrical connection but I cannot find M3 nyloc nuts made in brass (online sellers that I can find only sell large industrial quantities whereas I only need 8-10 nuts...). It seems much easier to find nyloc nuts made in stainless steel or zinc platted. Do you think that bolts/nuts made of such materials would provide the same electrical connection as brass fittings? Note that I do not plan to mix brass bolts with steel nuts due to galvanic corrosion, everything should be either 100% brass or 100% steel. Or do you know a place (online) where I could buy small quantities of M3 nyloc nuts in brass? Or would you have any other solution to prevent the nuts to get loose with vibrations? (I'd like to avoid soldering and I'm also unsure that Loctite thread locker is electrically conductive...)
Thanks for your input!