BAGGAB
1 mW
First I'd like to say "great forum." A Mechanical Engineering friend told me about ES years ago, and, here I am with my first dumb question!
I have a couple of Razor EcoSmart Metro Electric Scooters and it's "battery changing time" again (actually my first time.) I matched battery specs: 12V 7AH, of the original factory batteries. My soldering iron was not "up to snuff" to remove (what I believe is) the silver solder, of the factory soldering.
So I hit upon a solution, for convenience, but the performance after, was problematic. I pretty sure it's the connectors, because, why would anyone do it different if it were that easy? Besides durability due to vibration, corrosion, etc. I haven't added the tin solder and silicon gel, for weather insulation. I add a picture for simplicity, and a technical description if that fails.
PROBLEM: replaced factory silver solder on battery terminals with 12-10 AWG Disconnect F clip connectors and performance is "sketchy." I have not added any tin solder to the tab/connector point nor tinned the wire, before crimping. Nearly fried my Fluke Mutimeter in attempting to measure DC amperage (it's been a while since I did anything electrical, of a battery nature, but I have the wherewithal to do it right, going forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_fG5p2vT2ZrubIu1ZGVDa5zUMzmuJnm1/view?usp=sharing
I have a couple of Razor EcoSmart Metro Electric Scooters and it's "battery changing time" again (actually my first time.) I matched battery specs: 12V 7AH, of the original factory batteries. My soldering iron was not "up to snuff" to remove (what I believe is) the silver solder, of the factory soldering.
So I hit upon a solution, for convenience, but the performance after, was problematic. I pretty sure it's the connectors, because, why would anyone do it different if it were that easy? Besides durability due to vibration, corrosion, etc. I haven't added the tin solder and silicon gel, for weather insulation. I add a picture for simplicity, and a technical description if that fails.
PROBLEM: replaced factory silver solder on battery terminals with 12-10 AWG Disconnect F clip connectors and performance is "sketchy." I have not added any tin solder to the tab/connector point nor tinned the wire, before crimping. Nearly fried my Fluke Mutimeter in attempting to measure DC amperage (it's been a while since I did anything electrical, of a battery nature, but I have the wherewithal to do it right, going forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_fG5p2vT2ZrubIu1ZGVDa5zUMzmuJnm1/view?usp=sharing