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So, did you also add some plexi behind the seats? I might be a little worried about the lack of protection if I was in an accident.
Yes I did.....I think everyone on this forum worries about everything all the time though. Can you imagine telling someone that chopped a 32 Roadster that it might not be as safe as stock? Some way to serious people on here and it makes me not want to share. According to you all I am lucky to be alive, my shop got burned down, my car will never run, and now it's going to be unsafe?
Have you looked behind your carpet hcsharp? 1/16" sheet of CF is it!
Well sure, folks do worry, that's the nature of being at the (semi) cutting edge
However, the Plexiglas does look fantastic, its just the somewhat reduced protection that it affords - the sheet steel chassis for the battery is dependant on all sides of the box playing together, Plexiglas for all it's delightful glory doesn't have the same structural strength as steel. So any impact, and indeed, any impact as all with a brittle polymer will lead to fracture.
However it's your car and your're trailing blazing on the ESS rebuild, so please don't take this as a critique per se of you and your car, just some observations from a material scientist...
I agree completely. I wasn't trying to be critical. You're welcome to do what you want. Tesla advertised that there were at least 2 layers of aluminum between any flammable Li-Ion cells and the passengers so I thought I'd mention it. I appreciate your posts quite a bit. It would be unfortunate if you "decided not to share" as you put it.Well sure, folks do worry, that's the nature of being at the (semi) cutting edge
However, the Plexiglas does look fantastic, its just the somewhat reduced protection that it affords - the sheet steel chassis for the battery is dependant on all sides of the box playing together, Plexiglas for all it's delightful glory doesn't have the same structural strength as steel. So any impact, and indeed, any impact as all with a brittle polymer will lead to fracture.
However it's your car and your're trailing blazing on the ESS rebuild, so please don't take this as a critique per se of you and your car, just some observations from a material scientist...
I'm sorry you interpreted my post that way.... According to you all I am lucky to be alive, my shop got burned down, my car will never run, and now it's going to be unsafe?
Actually I have looked quite carefully behind my carpet. There was a layer of soft sound-proofing (standard with the 2.5 model), then a couple squares of sound deadening glued to the 1/16" aluminum panel, not CF.Have you looked behind your carpet hcsharp? 1/16" sheet of CF is it!
I agree completely. I wasn't trying to be critical. You're welcome to do what you want. Tesla advertised that there were at least 2 layers of aluminum between any flammable Li-Ion cells and the passengers so I thought I'd mention it. I appreciate your posts quite a bit. It would be unfortunate if you "decided not to share" as you put it.
I'm sorry you interpreted my post that way.
Actually I have looked quite carefully behind my carpet. There was a layer of soft sound-proofing (standard with the 2.5 model), then a couple squares of sound deadening glued to the 1/16" aluminum panel, not CF.