I would be more worried about the welds in between the cells on the positive ends making contact with the negative shell of the can 
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I would if it was a solid sheet and you had those fish paper rings.
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More for like, if you were making lots of packs that might be in funny shapes. Idk could be more useful if you were trying to cut copper strips for P packs.
Yea I was thinking that too. Be careful welding nickel to nickel over the cells.
Looks highly suspect bro, scares me
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Agreed, welding on top of something that isn’t a pole scares me just a little.
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So, if it didn’t explode when he built it (lol), what is the main concern?
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That the weld could have damaged the insulation and the small divot from the weld could eventually wear its way through to the can
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Not really
nothing is going to move once i’ve finished building the pack, gonna silicone the shit out of it
what is the best way to join the battery to the battery lead ?
Solder wire across the whole p group with a high power soldering iron quickly
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I like to add tabs off each cell as if I was joining another p group and then solder wire to the tabs… this way you’re not soldering on top of cells.
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Yeah I was thinking about doing that, any tips of getting them lined up ?
Weld the tabs on first, then solder to them
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you are right… once the Baja is sold and the car is looked after, I’ll spend some of the change on nickel.
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Yep, definitely gonna invest. Not only saves time cutting, but also saves heaps of welds.
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