We're getting closer! Eli and I were able to make some good progress on the bike today. We began our day with a meeting with Mr. Hwang, who gave us some much needed guidance. We went ahead and scheduled a time for him to come into the garage next week, as we are planning on building the gas powered bike then. We then headed over to Patrick's where Eli had a bright idea as to how to secure the battery pack. He brought some plastic tupperwear with him that fit the battery pack perfectly. However, now we needed some way to secure the box to the bike. So, once again, we went to Home Depot. At home depot we got some self drilling screws (screws that do not need a hole drilled) as well as some washers, per Patrick's instructions. Once back at the shop, we drilled holes in the bike rack and successful secure the battery pack to the bike!
We then went to making a hole in the box where we could run wires through. Luckily, Patrick helped us out with that. He then instructed us to connect all four battery packs together at one point. Basically, we needed to cut electric wires, attach them to the battery pack, then connect the 4 separate wires together for both positive and negatively charged ends. The reasoning for this is because if all the batteries are connected by one single wire, you can charge all 4 batteries at once, which is efficient and convenient. So, we went to cutting wires, connecting them and melting them together. Our finished product is a battery pack that can be charged rather quickly and easily.
We are so close! I honestly think we will be done with our electric bike within the first hour of next Monday. Though it is a little irritating that our schedule didn't work out, I think that is part of the whole senior project experience. Hitting obstacles and finding ways around them is how you really begin to understand your subject. So, as of this week, no finished bike yet. Hopefully I can say differently next week!
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