I know people use them outside a fixture - I wouldn't. All my cells are in a fixture (i.e. compression, but that's a wrong term really, gives people the idea they need to torque the thing down like crazy). Fixture: nuts hand tight. I've recently rebuilt my pack since I changed enclosure. This is a cell after almost 4 years, in use 24/7, sitting at 100% state of charge over summer and cycled, and sitting at low state of charge most of winter:
As some of you may know, I'm in the process of moving my batteries into a new enclosure. Reasons: it's more organized, space is better optimized, and I can add more batteries more easily later if needed. This is the first time I took these apart since I built them somewhere early 2020. I bought...
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