2 Lipo charge questions

Spillertwo · 10-09-2009, 01:16 PM

Hello,

Could you tell me in your experience what you think about these statements about charging 7.4V Lipo's for use in 1/10 on road brushless cars :

+ is it true that you can feel a significant power difference if you charge your Lipo before the race in comparaison to a Lipo that was charged a week before ?

+ can you feel a power difference if you charge a lipo with 1C charge in comparaison with 0.5C charge (for instance a 5000Mah Lipo charging with 5A versus 2.5A)

Thanks

JAM MaxAmps · 10-10-2009, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Spillertwo

Hello,

Could you tell me in your experience what you think about these statements about charging 7.4V Lipo's for use in 1/10 on road brushless cars :

+ is it true that you can feel a significant power difference if you charge your Lipo before the race in comparaison to a Lipo that was charged a week before ?

+ can you feel a power difference if you charge a lipo with 1C charge in comparaison with 0.5C charge (for instance a 5000Mah Lipo charging with 5A versus 2.5A)

Thanks

No and No.

Jason

Spillertwo · 10-10-2009, 05:46 AM

Okay that's short and simple :-)

JAM MaxAmps · 10-10-2009, 05:54 AM

It breaks down to this if you charge a Li-Po say Monday and use it Say the following Saturday if it's a good pack it's still going to be fully charged. Li-Po's don't lose charge Like NimH packs do.

As far as charge rate goes the only thing you'd see there is a slow charge time compared to a normal charge time.

Neither of the two questions are going to get you better performance. You'll see the same results either way.

Jason