Re: (ET) Shook deck apart, at least I have a welder....

[Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

John J Casey wrote:
> Chris,
> You may have lots of welding experience but, not for nothing (as we say 
> in New York), if I was welding clean 1/8" metal to a clean deck my dual 
> range 35-230A  welder would be in Low Range, using 3/32" rod and 70 amps 
> to start. Do a little tack to see if it holds.  Can go as high as 80A 
> with this rod...then must use 1/8" rod from 80A to appx 130A.
> On my WH deck the mounting points are bolted down and not welded. 

Thank you. My welding skills are terrible (I used to braize a lot) and 
the last time I worked on the deck I set fire to the steel. But I have 
gotten a bit better.

The mount points are bolted here as well; I added plates underneath to 
provide additional strength. The deck literally has a square hole in it.

Cleaning the metal is going to be... fun. On the positive side I found a 
loose interconnect on the pack; that's why the batteries were out of 
sync. Back to normal now.

Chris