You can do that, or you just solder the nickel to the tabs, and then join them by wire / wire mesh. On our version you can solder a small jumper and have ribbon cable joining all pcbs to make balance wire on one end. No need for single wires all around the pack (prevents wear cut balance wire shortening in the pack or etc many fires started because of this 
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Do you know how many amps they can handle ? This must be better than Nickel metal
The traces are 15mm wide. These are made with 1oz copper and can handle 20A with a 15C rise in temp. As they handle more current they will get warmer.
The first set of PCB’s I made were made with 2oz copper, and they were overkill. Also way costlier - like double the price.
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I’m interested in 24 pcs if anyone is having them made.
What P group? - Not making them btw, well not right now
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These is for the series connections. I have a 10s5p battery, wich means i can draw 75amp from the battery. I know this is burst, but 20a seems way to little.
I do not think you can use @Kug3lis pcbs because they are only for 8s (8 Balance wires / 8 cells). Please correct me if i am wrong
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It’s for 8S in a column, you can have 2 x 8 rows of those pcbs and you will have 16s 
More than enough I guess. I didn’t wanted people to run cable in between columns. So you run 6 rows in 1 column and then connect two 6s to one 12s balance connector
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And what about the high current? E. G. 6s4p 30q = 80a But it is only Rated for 20a?!
As I mentioned in the build thread, the pad on pcb is not made for current transfer is securing point, you solder your nickel to it, and then on top of nickel you solder wire.
5p pls.
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I made some of these months ago before I had seen anyone posting or sharing the files for the designs they had created. I then shared the design with the forum with the idea that people could modify or create there own designs for there own boards and share it with everyone. Building up a catalogue of different options for people to be inspired by and improve on further or find something already designed that fit what they wanted.
but hardly anyone looked at it or showed much interest at all.
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Honestly, credit where credit is due on this PCB suff.
Last summer I was in NYC for MakerFaire and had my esk8squad shirt on. Ran into @JohnnyMeduse and @Blasto and then met up with the NYC crew after, including @kaly and @mikenyc . Had an amazing ride and stopped off at a bar to talk all things esk8. Talked about the battery PCB idea over whiskey and how to wire it up with cell level fusing, etc.
Props to @Blasto for the original idea! I need to update the github readme to reflect the inspiration.
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@Blasto was kind enough to set me up with PCBWay so that I could use them in my builds. Thanks man!
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Ive been using allpcb.com
Quick turnaround, but you have to find the sweet spot in terms of qty and shipping.
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This is the only design that got me interested. Simple, black and gold with esk8 squad. This is awesome. Thank you. Don’t need the balance leads on this. Didn’t even consider the other ones.
I had some 2oz 5p made up a while ago, but only have 6 left.
MCRN themed from The Expanse.
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I love the Expanse. Awesome show.
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Man that is internal jewelry 
Great Work
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