Originally Posted by
imrob
ok now i got it that was the way i needed it explained. now i understand why i need this charger and how you Guy get 13 amps it makes sense now thank you. and the discharge is like double the battery mah.
I run a little different setup than most I imagine. I run 1/8th E-buggy only at the moment. I have 4 4S 6500mah packs that I bring with me charged to the track. First pack is warmup + heat 1, 2nd is for heat 2, 3rd is for BMain (if necessary), and 4th pack is for the AMain. I run my cutoff V in the ESC @3.6V( I almost never hit the cutoff). I then take them home and charge them at 1C (6.5A) to 3.8v(storage V), and then to full charge usually 1-2 days before my next race.
When doing storage cycling (like over the winter) I charge them to 3.8v(storage V) then once a month charge them @ 1C to full charge, and then discharge them @ 3C to 3.6v (my charger has a built in 30A discharge circuit appx 4.3C max) and then wait an hour and recharge them back to 3.8v(storage V). This is a really easy life cycle for my lipo packs and they seem to last alot longer this way.