Re: battery boxes

[VBra676539@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/30/99 3:11:42 AM, empiricus@sprint.ca writes:

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Were the Al2 endcaps sheet or concave?  How thick?  Why not use standard PVC 
endcaps?
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Sorry, missed this question. The endplates were flat aluminum, about 3/4" 
thick as I recall, with a couple of pipe nipples screwed into drilled and 
tapped holes for power and for leak detectors. Each plate had 4 "ear tabs" 
and 4 long rods with a nut at each end threaded through and holding the whole 
thing together. Pods were 48" long, best I can recall, and had not internal 
ring stiffeners, although there was some discussion of machining aluminum 
rings (1" X 1" in cross section) and just sort of squeezing them into each 
pod on 16" centers, but as far as I know this was never done.
Vance