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I saw that video recently and it does not include some things that made me stay away: labor cost, expertise and parts availability. - I cannot buy all the part
by AdrianB1 6y ago
I saw that video recently and it does not include some things that made me stay away: labor cost, expertise and parts availability.
- I cannot buy all the parts where I live (Eastern Europe) and not for the price in the video
- I am decent with a soldering iron and quite ok with a screwdriver and power tools, but welding live batteries is out of reach for most people
- it takes quite some time to do that work, not included in the $650
- I would like to modify that setup by adding more batteries or different batteries (like big motorcycle Li-Pol batteries), but I don't have the expertise to change the setup and I have no time to get that expertise, it is not something you learn in a few hours
So it is a good proof of concept, but not really something to mass replicate by people at home.
- jsjohnst 6y ago> welding live batteries is out of reach for most people Battery grade spot welders are $100-250 on Amazon and it’s easy to do, but I have to admit, even after welding hundreds of batteries I’m still nervous doing it because I’ve seen first hand what lithium ion batteries are like when they catch fire (unrelated incident where that happened).