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Old 11-20-2012, 05:47 PM
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I believe that most household oven heating elements are only rated at maximum 40 amps. What you are suggesting would likely have disasterous results.

Personally, I would load and voltage test each cell, then use mathematics to answer the question. If you are building a voltage pack for a vehicle, you will be using a high amperage breaker to safeguard the motor controller.

Ideally, you might look at making all of your cell connectors (bus bars) fusable as well.
I would have to do a bit of calculation to tell you the thickness of copper strip to use for this.
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