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Aloha all, I am finally replacing my 14 AGM's with 45 Lithiums (17x160ah TS, Yellow and 28x180~195Calbs Blues)
I removed all the old AGM holders and saved 38# of 3/16" angle iron and made new holders from 1.2"x1.8" 16 Gauge Galvanized that we made. The new holders weigh in at 14# so I have a net savings of 24#.
The yellow TS's in front are not fastened down yet, but I need to made some squeezers as they are a bit bloated. I will run a 5/16" thread rod along the top of the cells from left to right as the bottoms of the cells are touching, just the tops are splaying out a bit.
The not mounted yet Grey box holds the contactors, hairball, fuses and misc. electrical. I will mount the Zilla, and D/C D/C converter and vacuum tank on the drivers side of the grey box, all with the 16 Gauge angle above. I made all the new battery mounts with the intention of making the Yaris tin-can uni-body stronger and spreading out the weight of the batteries.
I cut out the spare tire area in the rear for the blue Calbs to drop down lower and the batteries to be hidden by the stock spare tire cover-flooring. They were totally a tight fit and I should have added 1/4" more. As it is I had to gently tap them down into place with a small rubber mallet. (Hopefully the cells are not toooo shock sensitive).
I left room for 10 more cells if needed.
Here are some photos of the progress today.
Francis
I removed all the old AGM holders and saved 38# of 3/16" angle iron and made new holders from 1.2"x1.8" 16 Gauge Galvanized that we made. The new holders weigh in at 14# so I have a net savings of 24#.
The yellow TS's in front are not fastened down yet, but I need to made some squeezers as they are a bit bloated. I will run a 5/16" thread rod along the top of the cells from left to right as the bottoms of the cells are touching, just the tops are splaying out a bit.
The not mounted yet Grey box holds the contactors, hairball, fuses and misc. electrical. I will mount the Zilla, and D/C D/C converter and vacuum tank on the drivers side of the grey box, all with the 16 Gauge angle above. I made all the new battery mounts with the intention of making the Yaris tin-can uni-body stronger and spreading out the weight of the batteries.
I cut out the spare tire area in the rear for the blue Calbs to drop down lower and the batteries to be hidden by the stock spare tire cover-flooring. They were totally a tight fit and I should have added 1/4" more. As it is I had to gently tap them down into place with a small rubber mallet. (Hopefully the cells are not toooo shock sensitive).
I left room for 10 more cells if needed.
Here are some photos of the progress today.
Francis
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