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    first time building a tab welded 18650 battery any advice?

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    first time building a tab welded 18650 battery any advice?

    that dnmun is exactly why I have left the pack whole til I got a more experienced opinion from the sphere to make sure I do it right so thank you , i'll start with testing the groups first and i'll post some pictures in moment so you can see what I've got to work with
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    first time building a tab welded 18650 battery any advice?

    Cheers Wheazel and I didn't make the pack but its made up of 16sx7p with packing foam and pieces of pcb board by the looks of it , I need to measure the bike it'll be going on before i choose what size/shape it'll be then work out how im going to connect everything but thanks for the heads up on...
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    first time building a tab welded 18650 battery any advice?

    First off sorry for the long message but I'd like to give a massive thanks to everyone on the sphere and the facebook group :wink: I've learnt so much and continue to learn more everyday plus all the banter is absolutely brilliant and I wouldn't be where I am with my ebike an...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    been awhile an I've updated the bike with a few bits : my new 203mm rotors so the caliper misses the hub and also the extra braking force needed to stop quicker ( banana included for scale lol) i decided to use 6mm mdf wood for my frame box as it was easier to work with an cost less for a...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    yeah i thought the same as i bought it but as its designed for dc voltage an also to cut power to a car/boat battery it should be able to deal with some abuse...I've had it on my bike for about three months an ride daily to an from work or to my missus on the weekends ...I haven't had a problem...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    that a very nice idea :) do you get any problem with the controller heating up?...I've tried to keep airflow to the case while waterproofing the connectors side and as my battery sits inside the frame and i have a 17inch frame the triangle is quite small and everything is rather snug atm but i...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    a quick update of my idea for a frame box an sorry about the sidways text my snapchat has been playing up recently ill probably put the switch where it is in the last photo on the right side of the frame box an ill work something out for the watt meter later lol now...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002RAN4E0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00 my bad its not 120 I bought one of these ^ from amazon its apparently 12/24v 300A Battery Cut Off Switch but has worked fine with my 49.1v 10ah battery @ 55A so far :)
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    hello again its been awhile since i updated my projects so here's another update = a nice pic of mine an my missus bike waiting for us while we got a takeaway lol (with my old battery an controller in the frame bag) i had to move the controller as the bag couldnt handle the size an weight of...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    hello again got a few more updates to my project so far: well the inevitable happened the motor has warped the rear dropouts :roll: i knew it was coming an was checking them before an after each ride so luckily haven't had a run away wheel :lol: an i was most of the way through making my...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    ah now that's what i was hoping for but wasn't sure from reading the specs on the site so a 20s it'll be then thank you for letting me know as an upgrade later on will most probably happen :lol: most certainly a big Thank You very much to dnum for finding such a wonderful piece of circuitry an...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    right I've made another list of what i think ill need for making a 10s pack, monitoring it an charging it etc .....an i tried to use the public wishlist link but it keeps saying that it's empty so i took a screenshot instead :) ill be getting 4 battery packs, 2 parallel connectors an 2...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    Ah brilliant that charger will be perfect I'll replace the other charger with this for when I buy the lot etc thank you....those extra features including the lower termination voltage will help me keep the battery's healthy for longer :D Tho would this power supply work well with that...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    Okies I did think that 10ga was a bit thick but quickly added the connections as they were the same as the lipo packs (tho it won't be too hard to either get some 12ga wireaan connections or splice something together :lol: as indo t see me needing more than 35-40 amp unless I go power hungry...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    Yeah I e seen what happens if you don't use them :shock: I'm currently waiting on some 5mm thick Reinforced stainless steel sheet metal to make my own :) ...an until I've got that I won't be using any higher amps (no accelerating an only using the motor on flats to maintain top speed atm)
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    Yeah I'd seen it was gonna come from USA an I'd rather find bits from UK if possible so I don't get stung by import charges etc ... Yeah that looks good thanks for the link an I was gonna try to settthe charge amps to the lowest an see how long it'll take as it currently takes me 5-8hours to...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    Yeah I'm really enjoying having a more powerful hub motor as I have used a 250w front hub before but it didn't fill my requirements for pulling force :lol: an I'm currently looking into building my own lipo battery pack a 10s1p 10ah pack hopefully I just gotta learn a bit so I know what to get...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    ive just added a small list of bits including this power supply http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking/store/__56458__Turnigy_1080W_220_240V_Power_Supply_13_8V_18V_60amp_UK_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=1080w%20power%20supply an im wondering if ive got the right stuff before i order at the end of...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    ok thank you very much for all your info an for clearing that up ill refer to the packs as 10s1p etc etc from now on ... an my commute is only 5ish miles to an from work so i dont need a big big pack tho i may make a bigger one after getting the basics , some experience an seeing it in action...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    ah brilliant thank you for offering a much better alternative to the ones id looked at an yeah i had thought of 4 of the first charger but thought it could get complicated an time consuming to sort all 4 when i wanted to charge etc so included the second as it looked alright but what you've...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    lol fair enough i do have new brakes on my list to buy ( lack of money til later this month) an i only got the wheel an shocks on fri fitted it on sat an used it to go to work yesterday an today an yeah im going quite slowly as i know i cant break properly till i can get disc brakes an hence why...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    this is the thing im a noobie to building rc lipo an dont know what ill need to build my own i dont have any rc packs at all or chargers lol i bought a 250w conversion kit 3 years ago an have been using the sealed lithium battery pack with a 42v lithium charger that was supplied in the kit...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

    i thought id quickly update this project thread as ive been tinkering with alot of e vehicles since an i havent got round to uploading some photos of my new builds etc etc the franken scooter i built out of 3 different e-scooters an my hand built old bottom bracket ebike commuter build to...
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    my electric vehicle project so far advise would be nice

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