shadowsteve
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Not sure if this is the right place to put this post or not.
I decided to make my own bus bars and terminal posts as anything that looked reasonable was shipping from outside of Canada when I looked on Amazon.
The posts use 1/4" bolts that press in from the back. They are printed using PLA and I did some red & some black. They are for my battery packs built with 280Ah cells. I also made a spacer to support the JBD BMS and hold it off the plywood it is mounted to.
The busbars are 1/4"x1" copper. I milled them from 1-1/2" stock that had rounded edges. They fit into the holders that are also printed with PLA. The countersunk screws hold the bars into the plastic. The small screws are for connecting light loads like Pi's, etc. The 5/16" bolts are pressed in from the back. I'm making another set and changing the spacing a bit as the small screws are too close to the edges and the nearest large bolt.
I decided to make my own bus bars and terminal posts as anything that looked reasonable was shipping from outside of Canada when I looked on Amazon.
The posts use 1/4" bolts that press in from the back. They are printed using PLA and I did some red & some black. They are for my battery packs built with 280Ah cells. I also made a spacer to support the JBD BMS and hold it off the plywood it is mounted to.
The busbars are 1/4"x1" copper. I milled them from 1-1/2" stock that had rounded edges. They fit into the holders that are also printed with PLA. The countersunk screws hold the bars into the plastic. The small screws are for connecting light loads like Pi's, etc. The 5/16" bolts are pressed in from the back. I'm making another set and changing the spacing a bit as the small screws are too close to the edges and the nearest large bolt.