skyking
That's a neat idea. A few years ago (
in 2009) I bought a few sheets of carbon fiber and resin to play around with. Irregardless of what material is used with resin (
ie. carbon fiber or fiberglass), the resin will get crazy hard, which is good. It's an idea.
jjackstone
I agree, always a good idea to know the local state laws. I just checked out your bike on Endless Sphere. 72v, wow! I love the idea of high voltage low amperage. I also like your DIY setup of the wooden holder for the batteries.
vskid3
I plan on being careful with the batteries (
and the bike as a whole) from the stand point that I'm not going to ride it like a bat out of hell everywhere I go, constantly slamming on the gas and brakes, etc... However, once built I do want to test the upper limits of the bike (
see what it's capable of).
Plastic holders
Bad news... The plastic holder idea is dead. The problem with the plastic holders (
as I found out this afternoon), is that when connected it creates a short. To illustrate what I'm talking about, Imagine you had 4 batteries connected in parallel. You then take two of those batteries and flip them around (
ie. swapping positive for negative). It would create a short. Which is how those plastic holders are designed. Oh well... The plastic holders was an expensive option anyway.
Today's update
Going against my previous post where I cursed the idea of using Nickel strips to connect the cells. I purchased the following items on eBay.
I am going to use solder to attach the Nickel strips. Later this week I'll purchase a good soldering iron (
any suggestions?).
Lastly, I found this video on YouTube for excellent (
step-by-step) instructions for making the battery.