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I've made my own busbars from 1/4"x1" tinned copper stock from onlinemetals.com. With the 2 hole terminals it was a bit more work drilling the holes, but not too bad. My concern with this approach is lack of flexibility of these busbars. I was able to get cells lined up fairly well for a smaller...

yeah, 1/8" probably would've been fine for what I need, but I was planning to use the same copper stock for a few other projects and didn't foresee this issue when I placed an order. Did you use thinner copper to build the same 2PNS bank where a busbar would span 4 cells?

Please let me know if this subject has already been discussed and I missed it while searching for it. I am building a 24V 2P4S battery bank for my boat using EVE 280K cells. I thought that I would improve on the busbars that came with the cells by making my own bus bars out of 3/4"x1/4" tinned...

Good points, thanks!

I am new to the game so this maybe a dumb question. My understanding is that manufacturers test cells at the factory and provide test reports to the resellers. If that's true, are these test reports available online? I've received two orders from different vendors; one from SFK and another one...