Today I learned that it’s not ideal to weld in the centre of the negative end of the cell… i hope it hasn’t been an issue on any of the other packs I’ve built 
Perhaps @Battery_Mooch could elaborate on the reason(s) why?
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The center is where the copper negative tab, coming from the roll of foils and battery goop, is spot-welded to the inside of the metal can. The heat from our spot-welding can damage those original welds. This can reduce performance and cause hot-spots during hard use because of increased weld point resistance after being damaged.
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I’d say if damage has been done that it would be unfixable now. Just gotta cross your fingers and hope for the best
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She should bring a big, fat intervention with her 
Ps. What’s the mustard for?
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Lol that’s body filler
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Hah! Not what I imagined the mustard would be used for 
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Body filler alright…salad dressing anyone? 
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Riiiiiighto fuckers. So i been pretty busy with family obligations and just chilling the fuck out for the past few weeks, it’s been great.
Squeezed in a few rides and managed to totally destroy the Madness build, in case anyone missed it, I sold it, it’s gone, and the dedicated bastard that I sold it to has managed to rebuild it in one day
This is how it left the house, one of the gear drives still attached to the board had a sheared wheel gear and the other had come loose from the truck and the backlash had stretched.
Looking forward to jumping back on it at the next group ride i know the new owner will take much better care of it than I did.
But moving onwards… just before christmas I received a long awaited package from the robot man himself.
I have had a build planned for some time now on the Demonseed 44. Hummie hubs, 13s6p 30q, ESCapes and robogotchi with gps. Will use the PPB until such time as I can get my hands on a DongZilla.
The battery is built, the enclosure is built, the deck has had some modifications (but still needs some work) and now I just need to piece it all together.
Space is limited in the SS enclosure, so I needed to join the power wires of the ESCapes together. I removed the original wires, made a new harness and soldered it in.
Also spent some hours remixing a couple of different loopkey mounting solutions into one bastardised fish/beetle/hammerhead looking thing that I am quite pleased with even though it’s rough as guts. Who knew you could tinkercad on your phone?
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Thought we were clear about usage?
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Aaahh nice! Finally you can send me those hummi hubs 
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I am determined to have them rolling by the end of Jan. You can’t have them
Although I have heard whispers that after Hummie has delivered the kickstarter hubs, that there may be quite a few extras available…
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Ja ja
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