C-rating for boats question
The Mrs. bought me a ShockWave 26 V3 BL RTR, so far i'm very happy with it being my first boat. At first i getting used to it i ran my 2s race packs, that got boring fairly quickly. My local hobby shop had a battery sale so i picked up a Duratrax 3s 25c 5000, a week later i snagged a couple of used 3s 30c 5000 Tenergy packs from a fellow racer. I hadn't ran it for a week or so and noticed the new Duratrax pack puffed, not horribly bad but noticeable. So here's my question, all 3 packs get warm, not hot. I always balance charge and storage charge after the packs are cool before storing, is it pulling that many amps to puff that pack? Is 5c really that much of a difference in a boat? Or did i just end up with a bad pack? I would have just posted this in the boat section but there really isn't that much activity there. Thanks