wow thread is looking a little slow, to wake it up heres my 20s10p LG HG2 battery build progress for my Alpha:
and now for why I dropped by before my bike was finished and I could show it off, while building the battery I have been extremely careful and working in a clean(ish) room while being very careful to keep all surfaces clean and basically working in lab conditions.... until i went to get more rubbing alcohol to clean the nickel strips with before I spot weld them. and of course when I get back my brain turns off, grabs a metal pair of callipers to measure a nickel strip already on the battery as I needed to cut a few more from the roll. and of course I touch it to battery and short it. there was a small to medium size spark and the callipers only touched the battery for a split second, seriously I pulled them away as quick as I believe to be humanly possible and I would of imagined the battery probably pushed them away too, Surely the battery is ok, rr..right?. heres a photo of the contact points, I checked the voltage a minute after it happened and the cell group was showing the exact same voltage. what are the chances i did any damage at all?, is it inevitable that i lost a few percent of the total cell group capacity, or is it completely fine?
anyway apart form that I'm hoping to have my bike all finished in around 4-5 days. just waiting for my hope brakes to come in and then do the final wiring and it should be rideable (hopefully)
also i'm pretty new to the forum so i guess this is also Hello to many of you, you can call me Heath if you wish bcause I have possibly the hardest to refer to username :lol: