New Double cell in series

[Phantom240]

What do you use to bond the polycarbonate?

[Stratous]

I am using capillary bonding glue. I believe the active ingrediant is methylene chloride. Its a watery type glue that is basically sucked into the joints. Once that is dry I use a thick version of the bonding glue to seal all corners. It works very well and is supposed to bond pieces together just as strong as a solid piece would be.

EDIT: I just checked the temp again, its now 113°f. Its been 1hour and 20 minutes

[Stratous]

This is photos from 1 1/2 hours into testing. So far this baby rocks!!!.

[Stratous]

Ok, last post for the night. 2 hours and 8 minutes into test. The temp is 120°f, and its drawing 9.92 amps according to my little meter. I would imagine the amp draw is slightly less than the meter reads as the meter leads are pretty small.

[Ronjinsan]

I love this Stratous. My ultimate plan is to make a 4 cell one like this....almost looks like a small battery! Polycarb is sooo expensive here though, I am just biding my time till I can find a redundant piece somewhere

[Stratous]

I sincerely appreciate all the kudo's on this build. Thanks

[Smith03Jetta]

I like the idea of using polycarbonate plastic to build a cool looking case. I did notice on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarbonate that Sodium Hydroxide will damage polycarbonate plastic. A list of chemicals that will damage the material is listed at the bottom of the page along with others that are safe and some you should use caution with.

Mr. Smith

[Stratous]

Probably should switch to KOH then to avoid any future problems

[tbhavsar]

Probably should switch to KOH then to avoid any future problems

How about reaction of either NaOH or KOH with PVC? any side adversed effect? I am requesting this info this I am using PVC pipes used for pumbling.

[greuvin]

I want one for my Subaru!!!!