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Re: Leaking Batterys

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
I have seen several teams who lost the hardware for their Power Distribution Panel and substituted 1/4-20 hardware. The PD uses metric hardware so substituting the 1/4-20 prevents you from making a tight connection to the PD. 100 amps across 10 mohm=1 volt.
Entirely apart from the electrical problems that substitution causes, if you manage to tighten a 1/4-20 nut on an M6 stud, you'll ruin it, probably by snapping the stud off. Don't do that; the studs can't be repaired—not even by replacing them entirely.