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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Benn,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>What I am talking about is welding the lead cell interconnects between battery cells. Not welding cables to the lead posts, that would be a recipe for disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As far as the galling threaded post, if you try to cut it off it might wiggle enough to break it internally, nothing good down that road. If you cut it off is there enough room to get a nut and lock washer on the remaining stud?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Overall the easy cure is probably replacement, anything else is iffy. But if it works it saves you the cost of a battery. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Bob Ellison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>benn kilburn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:57 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Wrenches<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] Battery interconnect cable length<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks for the feedback guys.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Yeah, i suppose that in a single string, cable length is not as important as it would be for the paralleling cables. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ray, good point that if there are multiple parallel strings, then the series jumpers in one string should be equal length to the series jumpers in each string. I see the logic in that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Daryle, 'right-angle lugs', i've seen those. Good suggestion for difficult connections, thanks. I'll have to keep a few of those handy for future jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Bob, are you saying that you weld the interconnect cables to the battery posts? and/or use 'plates' to bolt the posts together? I've seen plates used, but welding the lugs to the posts ....? ... see next thread.... 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