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Originally Posted by boelle
i have only pictured it in my head, the way i first thought of it was:
one plate in wood that is fixed to a plate that the pack is placed on.. another end plate in wood that are either fixed or slideable
then for each stick a combo of nuts and a bolts plus springs... then either slide one endplate or pull the nut/bolt combo enough to slide out the pack
the bolthead will thouch the end of the stick... then a spring to press it against the stick... a noylon washer to isolate.. then the wood endplate... another washer... a noylon bushing and then 2 nuts with a a ring terminal between....
those are just loose thoughts, but should be enough to get the picture of whats inside my head, springs are choosen so that they press the bolthead hard enough against the end of the stick... on one side you could add a second but much thinner endplate between the 2 nuts and put a piece of wood in triangle shape in between the to endplates to pull back all the bolt/nut combos at the same time
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I tried making a plate from plexiglass with 20 holes drilled. The plate was larger than the end of the battery and would replace all 20 bolts from the junction board end. Screwing in the bolts would apply pressure against the lip of the battery casing, so there would be a good contact for the ring terminals under the bolt heads. The wires from the ring terminals went to a block of PowerPole connectors. The wires were stapled in place (into the plexiglass) so that it didn't matter if the bolts fell out while assembling.
The problem that I discovered was that it deflected too much and as I tightened bolts, others loosened up. Nylon (or whatever) spacers would be great, but I was not able to find any. I thought about using PVC pipe, but I couldn't find anything small enough.
Now I just use big alligator clips in pairs with a powerpole on the end. I then plug the chargers into them.
