Comment on Drilling and tapping LiFePO4 battery terminal practicality?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
It can be done, but I would suggest doing it outside to be safe. Set the depth stop on your drill press so you can’t go too deep.
You will need a normal tap to get started and a bottoming tap to finish threading the hole all the way to the bottom. 5mm is not a lot of thread to work with in soft aluminum. Those terminals are intended to have bus bars laser welded to them.