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Originally Posted by greasy mark
beat me to it mark lol,as mark said the beter quality cells arnt folded they are sperate cells conected by welded tags .much like the make up of a sub c stick pack ,
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How the plates are joined to create an individual cell is irrelevant, whether folded, soldered, electrowelded, whatever, doesn't make any difference to the physical size of the cell.
The cell consists of an anode and cathode separated by a catholyte, electrolyte and anolyte layer, making up a bipolar plate, which is flat. The overall length and width of the cell is controlled by how big these plates are cut to, the height by how many layers are stacked on top of each other (either by joining individual plates or folding one plate over) so to make a pack small enough to fit in the rules you just cut them slightly smaller and use less plates. The downside is the smaller surface area means you have less capacity in the cell.
And I've heard a rumour that some manufacturers have managed to make cells small enough to fit the rules.
