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Updated LiFePO4 Battery Caps

nate_syd

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Broke out into a focus group, re-imagined the design then shifted a few paradigms...

New design - now features ribs which clip onto the 20mm bus bars, holding the caps secure in place.
In the old design they just sat on top & could be bumped off etc.
They also allow side access to the bar for extra leads & testing/balancing on an ad-hoc basis


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Older design - but shows what the caps kinda do. Good backup protection, not to be relied upon for safety!
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Looks nice. I'm taking the somewhat lazy route of cell separator material running up above the busbar. Cells are in a dedicated battery cabinet, however, and short of checking or working on the cells there will be basically no reason to ever go in it.
 
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