The ai starts down that road I'll nip that in the bud FAST.
Well this happened! What is happening? Help!
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BarracudaBob
Harvesting free photons from clean fusion
Way off topic but I am ready to get away from melting wires!
The latest trend is to connect all the AI facilities directly to nuclear reactors or even put it under the facility.
Even the Si-Fi never though of this. Nobody would have ever believed we were so fricken stupid.
I want to have a couple mile long transmission lines and batteries outside the building that we can take out if necessary.
The latest trend is to connect all the AI facilities directly to nuclear reactors or even put it under the facility.
Even the Si-Fi never though of this. Nobody would have ever believed we were so fricken stupid.
I want to have a couple mile long transmission lines and batteries outside the building that we can take out if necessary.
At that point, it'll be too late. Just hope it doesn't learn how to self replicate.
Brucey
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wpns
Solar Joules are catch and release
Doppelgänger. Be careful out there!
bolek_bolek
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HarryN
Solar Wizard
I wonder if those are 12 / 24 volt connectors, being used in a 48 volt application ?
Gavin Stone
Solar Wizard
Usually they are tiny yeah. So irritating. I think the biggest you could squeeze on there was 2awg. The lifepower V2’s can fit a 2/0 lug now though. Which is nice.
HighTechLab
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Countersunk screws on SOK 48V batteries and two terminals so you never have to flip terminals to make room for enough cables to fit.
Texas-Mark
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Glad it got resolved. I did not realize those lugs tubes were so large that they could actually hit the screws. The earlier photo looked like there was quite a bit of height on the posts.
Quattrohead
Emperor Of Solar
Terminal snob LOL
ricardocello
Watching and Learning
There are snobs for everything on this forum!
Even lugs (looking at you, Selterm people...)
DougL
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Shouldn't the case be floating? If one cable shorted to the terminal mounting screw it would not spark but if 2 opposite polarity cable lugs shorted to terminal mounting screws it would spark. Also could be a short inside one of the cases which shouldn't be there.
Please do as now I have new anxiety unlockedI actually filmed this issue two weeks ago and figured no one would care so took it out of my videomight need to dig up that clip and post it now haha
Looks like one could design and 3D print different bits of plastic, to either replace that plastic that the terminal screws are screwed into, or go on top of the screws but under the wire (if the plastic can't be removed)
crossy
Solar Wizard
Yeah, I understand it was +ve on one pack and -ve on another. Two faults to danger!
Brucey
Velcro Man
Just realized my 50Ah came with terminal covers, they slide on using the slot in the terminal mount....however with the slot gap on the rear of the cover you could still run into that issue with lugs reversed and contacting. Also doesn't fit properly when using double lugs to daisy chain which is understandable.
1234enough
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Just received terminal posts from aliexpress for a battery build and after seeing this chats fire works video.
Posts seem decent enough, and stand off from post end/ lug to fixing screws is 10mm and as above have cover caps.
Belt and braces, I cut 4no. 1mm insulation board to go over posts on both sides to insulate fixing screws.
Nice and easy fix if anyone wants to ensure no fire works to fixing screws.
Posts seem decent enough, and stand off from post end/ lug to fixing screws is 10mm and as above have cover caps.
Belt and braces, I cut 4no. 1mm insulation board to go over posts on both sides to insulate fixing screws.
Nice and easy fix if anyone wants to ensure no fire works to fixing screws.
SomethingAppropriate
Cannibalism starts with a kiss.
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1234enough
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Anyone putting lugs on this way needs to check for clearance to metal, allowing for lug movement.
robbob2112
Doing more research, mosty harmless
No, what if an ac line shorted to it and you touched it and a ground. Or if you do have one line touching it and in 6 months brush against it and get a shock and burns...
Grounding all equipment cases is standard practice for safety, that way you can never touch two cases and have a difference of potential that completes the circuit through you.
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Brucey
Velcro Man
Just zero need to mount them that way imo, just offset them and have them facing outwards...
42OhmsPA
Who likes Electrical Gremlins?
If the copper lug is the main cable to the inverter wouldn't you want that on the bottom?
Brucey
Velcro Man
Yeah I just slapped them together without consideration, in this case this pair of 50Ah goes to a power in, and there's three other 100Ah equivalent batteries also connected so currents are very low, generally 25-50A.
HarryN
Solar Wizard
Nice pictures - thank you.
You are right, but it should not matter which direction the lug is attached for a consumer device.
When used on an insulated case, I could see using that setup, but on a metal case, the design is just wrong for 48 volt use.
Companies are not properly designing for 48 volt use, thinking that they are still playing with 12 or 24 volt.
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