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| DIY Lion packs - 'Vruzend' (comments or anyone using them?) |
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| Cliff Matthews:
Just asking in case anyone's had poor results with the design. I see 2 possible design issues at first glance: 1) Each end cap applies pressure to the cells end-cap via sprung mechanism (is this trustworthy >2 amps?) 2) Some previously spot-welded cells have (+) point inset with a small circular gap distance to the (-) wrap of case. (can this kind of sprung mechanism move or vibrate to the side and short a cell?) Each kit has enough parts for 54 cells at $40 USD (so not really an earth shattering price point..) Julian Ilett short review - https://youtu.be/qLXG3pR5teg |
| jbb:
I haven’t used them, but I would be very worried about vibration causing increased contact resistance for any kind of mobile use. If you have a high resistance contact on the -ve end of a cell, it might get hot enough to make the vent open. Or even hot enough to experience a “thermal event.” |
| MosherIV:
Have not used them either. Agree with jjb. Commercial packs are spot welded for a reason !!! Maintain contact. Minimise contact resistance. Immunity from vibration etc. |
| PA0PBZ:
https://www.indiamart.com/ruzen-inc/solderless-kit.html#vruzend-solderles-kit-v2-1 About 14 GBP for the 2.1 set, although I could not find what exactly is in a set. [Edit: Just click full details] Each box of the orange and black V2.1 comes with enough components for 30 cells. Contents of each box are * 60 terminal caps with Nickel coated pure COPPER internal contacts. (30 orange and 30 black) * 60 Nuts * 80 Nickel coated pure COPPER bus bars for the Series and parallel connections * 4 Nickel coated pure copper clamps for your terminal wires. * 8 Barrel bolts for clamping the opposite ends together. |
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