Hi folks,
. I bought this cheap battery last year and have been concerned about its construction.
It is not as bad as id imagined. Welds are good, solder well done, series connection to every cell, neat wiring, nice. It is poorly protected, but that is easy to remedy.
Also the output connections are lame, but can be beefed up easily. I used this last year for a couple thousand miles, and it still puts out full capacity, and cells remain balanced.
I have no idea if it uses pure nickel, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm going to add nickel series strips, and improve the current sharing on the end cells, as well as better protection from bumps and bruises.
Not bad for $360 Canadian (last year)
. I bought this cheap battery last year and have been concerned about its construction.
It is not as bad as id imagined. Welds are good, solder well done, series connection to every cell, neat wiring, nice. It is poorly protected, but that is easy to remedy.
Also the output connections are lame, but can be beefed up easily. I used this last year for a couple thousand miles, and it still puts out full capacity, and cells remain balanced.
I have no idea if it uses pure nickel, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm going to add nickel series strips, and improve the current sharing on the end cells, as well as better protection from bumps and bruises.
Not bad for $360 Canadian (last year)