Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar Metal Contact on LiFePO4 Battery Posts

2014-01-15 Thread Manfred Bartz
On 15 January 2014 20:05, EVDL Administrator wrote: > Here the instructions are reversed from Noalox's - abrade the conductor, > THEN apply Penetrox. It seems to me that the Noalox instructions would be > more consistent with better oxidation prevention. The Penetrox instructions > would leave t

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar Metal Contact on LiFePO4 Battery Posts

2014-01-14 Thread Manfred Bartz
Roland, thanks for that info, nice find. Performix Plastic Dip Rubber Coating: http://www.plastidip.net.au/category/plasti-dip-500ml Bimetal washers seem to be a bit harder to find... Could you post a link? - Manfred On 15 January 2014 02:09, Roland wrote: > The interface washers that is place

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar Metal Contact on LiFePO4 Battery Posts

2014-01-13 Thread Manfred Bartz
I found a relevant paper on IEEE Xplore: "Electrical performance of aluminium/copper bolted joints". http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=04643511 After an initial read, the points I noted are: - Surface preparation is very important. - Petroleum jelly is useful. - Avoid load-spr

Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar Metal Contact on LiFePO4 Battery Posts

2014-01-13 Thread Manfred Bartz
Aluminium oxide is an insulator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxide "Metallic aluminium is very reactive with atmospheric oxygen, and a thin passivation layer of aluminium oxide (4 nm thickness) forms on any exposed aluminium surface." The benefits of using NoAlOx may be more than just

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Pack prices likely to plummet, halve the cost within 6yrs

2013-10-02 Thread Manfred Bartz
I like Jukka's projection -- chances are that technology will move in that direction. Throw in other factors, such as the convergence of battery and ultra-capacitor technologies, and we may see packs at a fraction of the current cost with equal or higher capacity which can be recharged in less tha

Re: [EVDL] AC _DC amp meter

2013-09-27 Thread Manfred Bartz
-Original Message- > From: ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On > Behalf Of Manfred Bartz > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 1:07 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] AC _DC amp meter > > The datasheet is here: http://ww

Re: [EVDL] AC _DC amp meter

2013-09-26 Thread Manfred Bartz
The datasheet is here: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/43992.pdf According to that: Range Resolution Accuracytranslates to 66.00A (DC) 0.01A(1.5%+12) reading+-1.5% + 0.12A 1000.00A (DC) 1.00A(1.5%+8)reading+-1.5% + 8.00A 66.00A (AC) 0.01A