CaliG

I have a lipo pack turnigy 5000 3s 35c but not sure what amp to discharge it at? Anyone?

Cpt.America

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What is your goal? If your goal is to store the pack for the week, run it, or discharge it at a low amp rate (something 10 or under, give or take), down to about 7.2-7.6 volts, and you'll be fine.

CaliG

No not to put away just bring it completely down after a run. Like yesterday I had to cut it short while I bashing and I have like half a pack

Cpt.America

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Lipo batteries need to be stored somewhere around mid charge. You should never "bring it completely down after a run". You never discharge a lipo down to it's floor voltage. They should be left somewhere near nominal, around 7.2 volts. So if you have a fully charged pack, and you run it for 10 minutes. Just unplug it from the car and you'll be fine.

CaliG

Perfect gotchu I wont touch it. Lol thx a million

greener74

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I had a small 3s receiver lipo that was bad and I was going to throw in in the trash so I tried to discharge it to 0. It started to swell up like a balloon and got really really hot. I threw it in my yard in fear that it might explode.

All I ever do now is use Storage mode. Storage will balance it down to 3.8 per cell. I tried discharging packs to a safe level a few times. Say 3.2 to 3.0 per cell. I just had it in my head that I needed to discharge my packs, like I did back in the day. The problem is that the chargers will not do a balanced discharge and they discharge by total pack voltage. So discharging a pack to 6.0 volts may discharge one cell to 2v and the other one to 4v. I killed a battery that way.