It’s still a soldering joint you’d have to do. So 90 soldering joints at least.
And if you do the series connections separately there is even more
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I know - but the argument in the beginning was that you would want a spot welder because you have more than 100 joints to solder. Now only 80 of them can actually be replaced by the spot welder - the rest you still have to solder. That is all I am saying…
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I get what you are saying now. Good point.
Let this man his little toys 
@treenutter - You’re right, I hadn’t thought about it that way - I’m doing, for space reasons, 8s5p, which is 80ish welds. Might be worth $175 for a machine that does it easily. Also it’s likely this won’t be the only pack I do…
DougM
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@DougM that’s my thinking as well… buying a spot welder demarcates my exit from the world of lipos and balance chargers to a new building style where I make my own custom battery packs. -not putting down lipos, I use them currently!
does anyone have the linkie handy for the spot welder on eBay?
Thanks,
DougM
Estimated delivery: Wed, Jun. 15 
Thanks,
DougM
@treenutter and @DougM This model has a known issue with the triac. It can overheat and blow the triac under heavy load and on 110v. It’s not a huge deal, but if the triac goes, heres how to fix it:
The blog gives you the info on what to do and how to do it. Good stuff!! I bought one of these and it’s a really cool little unit for the $$$
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Oh yeah…No need to scuff the cells if you are soldering. Get a flux pen and give it a little dab. DONE! 
The idea of scuffing over 100 contact points makes me ill!! LOL
@Ulfberht @DougM this is a slightly lower price but shipping is direct from China. The other one is already in Chicago, so I guess it’s a matter of how long you want to wait.
FYI: Watch out!! Ameliazhou from “Chicago” is a trick. It’s actually going to be drop shipped out of china! I got snagged by that one too. I bought thinking from the US and realized pretty quick through the tracking info where it was coming from. Same avg ship time as any other Chinese stuff I’ve ordered. I messaged the guy about it and he credited me back $10, so I called it a wash. Good product for sure.
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My pleasure, bro! Also keep in mind the strips you get with it are poor quality. Another thing I discovered and already posted in the Village build thread was that the strips that come with the spot welder are plated SS and can rust like a mutha! I scuffed and salt water tested em’ The strip that comes with the 788 is on the far left.
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is there another supplier of strips domestically?
Thanks,
DougM
Yes, here’s the link to the strips I got. That would be the one on the far right in the pic. You can see that it didn’t even change color. Best stuff I could find…Period. $22.50 shipped for 15ft. 12.7mmx.25mm
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