Originally Posted by
fredygump
yeah, it's a tekin rx8
My voltages after running to LVC just now is 7.45 and 7.33v. (The one at 7.33v is dying, I'm pretty sure. It gets warmer and will end at a lower voltage, part of the reason I'm paying more attention to this stuff.) But to answer the question, the LVC is shutting the car down when the resting voltage is at whatever I set it at.
I tried something like 14.4v LVC, but I could only run for 2-3 minutes before the ESC would start cutting in. It was very obvious, like it would cut back to 1/2 power. If I completely let off the throttle for maybe 1 sec, and got back on it again, I got the full power again. It ran like that for several minutes. This was on a fresh, balanced set of batteries.
How long after your run did you wait before checking the voltage, immediately? Those don't seem like bad voltages 14.78 is higher than your cutoff, that's why I wondered if it was immediate. Also, do you know the individual cell voltages? That could explain the lower pack voltage, a weak cell.