Re: (ET) trimming bolts on T-105s

["Tim Humphrey" <hump evgrin com>]

I used a grinder on my pack. That is until I got to the second post. The 
shower of sparks ignited the hydrogen inside
the battery and it exploded with a deafening bang.

I replaced that battery and did the rest of the pack with a reciprocating 
saw fitted with a fine tooth blade. No
sparks no problems. A ten minute job to do the whole pack. The 
reciprocating saw was actually faster than the grinder.

If you have bolt cutters......well.... that's what they're made for.

-- 
Stay Charged!
Hump
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
> [mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Michael
> Neverdosky
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:04 PM
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject: Re: (ET) trimming bolts on T-105s
>
> For things like this I use a 4.5" angle grinder with a thin cutoff 
> wheel. It
> slices right through steel smoothly and easily.
>
> Then again I do enough metal work to have a grinder dedicated to use with
> cutoff wheels and another with a grinding wheel.
>
> For cutoff use even the light 4.5" grinders are fine and use a thin 
> cutoff
> wheel. My B&D uses the flat "Norton" wheels that are about $1.70 at Home
> Depot.
>
> Be sure to cut with the edge of the wheel and be careful to NOT bend it.
> Wear safety glasses!
>
> michael
>
> On 7/1/06, Dave & Deb <daveb drizzle com> wrote:
>> I took a hacksaw to the threaded posts on my Interstate battery
> workaholics.
>> didn't seem to damage anything... the posts were veryy sturdy
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Almost done putting the E-15 back together after all the painting
>> > and everything, and I discovered that the bolts on the T-105s are a
>> > bit too tall for the battery boxes (I've seen many posts saying this
>> > was a possibility, so I'm not surprised). What do people recommend
>> > using to trim or grind down the bolts some? I'm not sure how
>> > sturdily attached those bolts are, so I don't know how much force
> they'll take.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
>
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