I’ve been looking for a source of nickel plated copper strips for months now. Met a nice guy on E-S based in Holland or Denmark (forgot) who offered me free samples, but I never got delivered despite many contacts (problems with post office and few random stuff).
Patience is over I can’t wait anymore, seems he cannot deliver.
Do you guys know of a trustworthy source to buy nickel-plated pure copper strips (odd phrase : pure copper with a thin layer of nickel plating on top) ?
Pure nickel won’t cut to the job, and pure copper (I already got that at home) is great but harder to work with.
Personally I use superbuy service it’s an agent service based in china,
I buy constantly thing on taobao, nickel strip, AWG wires, bms, switches etc…
Every 2 weeks they take everything they recieve for me and send it in one package. I make so much savings with this technique, taobao is so cheap.
For the nickel strip I always bought from tobao some 10 x 0,2 nickel strip. It’s great and was good enough for all the packs I’ve built to date.
This is my method. Just an open window is safe enough. I don’t know who sells plated copper in small ammounts. All the mails i sent got the same answer: how many tons do you need?
If you guys know where to buy It let me know
Thanks for the video, I may actually give it a try on my balcony ! Can the first foam bath be achieved with higher voltage / higher amp charger ? Or do you specifically recommend low voltage and low amp ?
I use low P counts with +30a cells so really need low resistance strips & I currently use strips of approx 5x0.2mm size. Got airflow between each cell so goal is to keep everything as cool as possible.
There’s also a non electrical plating method. I think maybe tin.
But why even bother and I bet a vontact wouldn’t oxidize even if it weren’t being rubbed by a cell. I’ve got rolls of copper strip years old looks as good as new and I live by the beach
Tinned strips can’t be spot welded. They explode. There’s another method yes. Carbon. Consists on torching the strips, the air burns but carbon sticks on the copper.I tested It but failed. It requires thick strips. I explained It all at the sphere.
