Oh I wanted to comply to the title and say something bad but you did tidy your battery pack and seem to be running the extra mile to make it safe with builder’s inputs from here, so wish you the best result bud 
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So by critique you meant praise and then you will defend your battery from any legit critique from experienced members? 
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This is a forum isnt it?
Yes it is, I’m not trying to be mean. Just think the members present some objectively good ideas on building, I’d go with what the consensus is here just so you can say “I did what all the experts online told me” if there is a fire. Rather than be like I used gorilla tape when everyone said fish paper, depended on welds for structure and here we are in flames. Exaggeration but I do try and take the recommended and agreed advice of the community.
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Don’t take it like everyone is attacking you. You’re far from the first to come and ask for tips and critical thoughts on a build. You’re also far from the worst. Take it in and improve on yourself, you’ll love you even more for it.
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I second this 
Your battery doesn’t look bad.
It just looks like state of the art from like 5 years ago. There have been TONS of GREAT improvements in high-vibration LEV battery design since then. The battery style you made have had, historically, lots of failures for reasons we’re explaining.
First and foremost, wrap each P group in fishpaper.
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No worries only strange vibes i got were from the guy who posted his build. From whom I indeed learned some stuff so much grat regardless.
I am far from scorning advice or arguing against the superiority of fish paper for this app. Basically I am just unconvinced that I need to rip this battery apart because of fish paper.
All the critiques are much appreciated.
And no I am not relying on nickle for structural integrity. But it is a factor. I mentioned I have tape, adhesive, foam. And there isn’t anything else that people here use for structural support afaik. That is why I’m here.
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IMO Pgroups should not have any “skin showing” . Like this
And yes, I did fold some nickel for the series connection here. 30mm wide across all 4 cells. This went into a segmented enclosure.
It was a super tight fit and I had to get rid of some fishpaper to get it to fit nicely. So I alternated which had it
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yeah, this is what you want
SCIENCED.
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Looks pretty skookum.
I’ll give my nuts a tug in light of this information.
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These are 2s sets?
How do you have the middle connected?
Basically, this pack is 6x 2s4p batteries. Each 2s4p has zero flex.
So yes, there are exceptions to the rule against folded nickel
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Trust us.
Any of us would tear it apart to add fish paper. You see what skatan can do otherwise.
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Things like little roadside lithium fires don’t go over well with voters, motorists, boomers, and lawmakers either. We don’t want DIY esk8 being outlawed any more than they already are in some places.
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Didn’t read the whole thread but maybe steel or steel/nickel connections having a higher fatigue limit than nickel would be ideal for flexible connections.
so much truth
and also add to the equation that, there are always some dumb people doing stupid shit
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In fairness, I have nothing battery operated now that I had five years ago.
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Eh, he’s a teenager. They all give off aggressive vibes and get pretty zealous when they have an opportunity to critique.
But as was said already, you literally asked for it. So…there you have it.
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