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Post by joel45acp » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:35 pm

Just wondering if you gents are using battery bars or something else to build saddle packs. Thanks

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Post by GoMachV » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:27 pm

I was a cheapo back in the day, I used brass strips! Worked fine for sport use

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Post by joel45acp » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:30 pm

They won't heat up during use?

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Post by GoMachV » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:59 pm

Naw they were thick brass strips

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Post by RC10th » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:41 am

I used braid, I thought it was better than battery bars and thinner.

My theory was (taught in school) electrons flow on the outside of wire, and braid being made up of strands it must have been better than a solid bar.

I was old school - when old school wasn't cool !

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Post by tamiya » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:58 am

gomachv wrote:I was a cheapo back in the day, I used brass strips! Worked fine for sport use

we upcycled brass staples off corrugated cardboard boxes!

SubCs won't ever pump enough current to tax those brass strips.

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