That could have been me or someone else purchasing these cells. One always believes the cell terminals will come tapped....until now. I don't recall anything like this happening before.
Agree. This is a rather new 'development'. EVE was the most used here, which came with threads.
Lishen followed recently, also with the same M6 thread.
Most 100/105Ah cells are with M4 threads. And now, some 'new' brands appear. So it's easy to mistakely assume they are with threads also, which clearly isn't default.
So unless a seller clearly specifies this, or the buyer fully reads and understand the datasheet, it is a matter of time before people start complaining about this.
Sellers with good customer support, and good knowledge of customers demands, do understand this and inform people. But a lot of sellers on Alibaba are just packaging and shipping, and are NOT used to individuals, and more into businesses who have the proper equipment and buy many cells.
I've received a quote from Amy (Luyuan) for CATL cells. On the pictures she supplied I didn't see any threads. When asked, her reply was:
"CATL has no thread when it comes out from the manufacturer. We need to drill holes. Its holes will be the same as EVE's"
since it looks more vendors starting to sell cells without any thread or studs, it becomes something you have to pay attention to when ordering.
You're depending on the seller to drill threads or weld studs, or you need to have the proper equipment to DIY it (unlikely/risky).
There is a pretty nice topic with lots of usefull information about ordering, I think it was made by
@ghostwriter66 but I can't find it ATM.
Might be nice to add a small item about terminals, studs and threads, since buyers have to be aware of this.
I think some more ppl would be unhappy when finding out their cells don't have threads/studs, and its a matter of time before more topics appear here about this issue.
