Monday the new batteries arrived as planned. They are actually Lucas batteries and Numax is another brand name. I sort of knew this, but these are clearly marked Lucas. The spec is what I expected. They are 44kg each and that is about the same as the ones I am taking out. The dimensions are such that I can only get 2 in the front of the car and that means I need to put 8 in the trunk. This required a quick remodel of the layout on the PC, printed it off and set about refitting them. I didn't get much done yesterday as I was busy trying to bodge the batteries in, then having a hissy fit about the mess in the garage. Once I had calmed down I decided this is not the right approach as everything else so far has been done with consideration and very little bodging. I decided to just remove the front battery rack and cut it down to the right size for the new batteries.
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You can see in the photo below that the bracket had to be adjusted about 80mm narrower to be able to sit the batteries on the rack. I used my angle grinder to remove the bracket, then I drilled a hole through the bracket parts and cleaned up all the ends with a file and finally bolted it together. Then into the garage for more of my spectacular welding :-). Now the bracket is sitting in my vice with a fresh coat of that fire engine red Hammerite paint on the exposed parts where I have made alterations.
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Hi so what has happen in the next day.
ReplyDeleteI was busy helping my wife with some stuff for her work until like midnight, so I didn't really have time for blogging. I do try to update whenever I do something new and at the moment that is usually at least once per week. I have been extending our conservatory at home and I have the outside done and am now rebuilding the kitchen inside as time and money permit. I am extra busy at the moment.... :-)
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