Ok.... Here goes.
I have a nice new piece of Makrolon Polycarbonate and was going to build up a Battery box for one 36v 8AH pack configured into 2 rows of 15 D cells.
Tonight, walking the dog with the neighbors, talking about how this was taking shape.. we decided to try a metal box instead.
Metal :
- Acts as a heat-sink and allows the pack to cool
- Conductive, in the unlikely even i wipe out.. It could crush and somehow short the pack out.. - bad things..
- Nice and shiny.. light-weight.. won't crack..
- etc
Plastic :
- Retains heat as an insulator
- Transparent, I would need to paint the inside or something.
- NON conductive, safe...
- Difficult to work with.. i have access to the tools however.
- etc
I have a nice new piece of Makrolon Polycarbonate and was going to build up a Battery box for one 36v 8AH pack configured into 2 rows of 15 D cells.
Tonight, walking the dog with the neighbors, talking about how this was taking shape.. we decided to try a metal box instead.
Metal :
- Acts as a heat-sink and allows the pack to cool
- Conductive, in the unlikely even i wipe out.. It could crush and somehow short the pack out.. - bad things..
- Nice and shiny.. light-weight.. won't crack..
- etc
Plastic :
- Retains heat as an insulator
- Transparent, I would need to paint the inside or something.
- NON conductive, safe...
- Difficult to work with.. i have access to the tools however.
- etc