Originally Posted by
EAMotorsports
Sure you can discharge at 40 amps on the icharger using the power supply if you use a resistive load such as bulbs or resistor bank. I do it all the time.
With my 12v power supply I can charge 2 2S packs at 40 amps each with no issues either. 24V is not required.
EA
Of course Eric, with enough light bulbs you can discharge at very high rates and don't even need the ICharger (just like we did with Nicads and NIMH cells). But with only the ICharger, the max discharge rate in the non regenerative discharge mode (at least on the 306B that I have) is 20 amps unless you attach additional light bulbs and/or resistors. I just bought a car battery and use the regenerative discharge mode and I discharge at as high a rate as I'm comfortable with. BTW Those light bulbs came in handy one night when I was racing in Ohio and the power went out during my race. All the NiMH batteries being discharge with light bulbs provided enough light to find all the cars that were racing when the lights went out.