Originally Posted by
powell
Wrandyr
what tooling do you mean? to take front hub apart?
No, putting it back together. If you wanted to duplicate the tabs welded between the batteries with material of the same thickness, a very specialized welder is required. The commonly available welders are not capable. Presumably E+ used thick material because each tab must be able to carry the full load amperage of the system. Calculating the conductivity of the nickel alloy used for the tabs pretty much bears this out. Knowing E+, there was probably some overkill, but it got to the point that the investment needed just to experiment was too much.