Solar123456
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My goal would be to build a full enclosure so the shared fixed side would also be screwed to the bottom where the cells rest and sides. I'd also make the shared fix plate and connected sides a bit taller with a groove to slide a plexiglass plate in and out.If each pack has independent plates on either end, you will get expansion/contraction on both ends even if the springs are only one end (so the center cell or two will be stationary with a small amount of expansion / contraction on either end of the pack).
With a common plate on one end, both packs will be forced to expand/contract by the same amount on that one end.
That’s probably going to be the case anyway and should be fine, but in the extreme case that one pack expands/contracts much more than the other (including the initial phase while the cells are settling over the first few cycles), the common plate will force the far plate and all the cells in between to move more than it would if it had an independent plate on both ends.
Again, should be fine, but what are you really gaining by having a single double-width plates versus two singles? (Cost, number of springs, etc… is all the same, right?).
Essentially I'd have a completely enclosed and connected box with the only exception being the two plates with 4 springs each staying free to compress and decompress as needed.