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Old 01-11-2020 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyus
No mention of charger or batteries being used. If you find your charger is not getting up to you new 2C amp setting, you need a more powerful charger. If your 4800mAh pack is a two cell LiPo, you'll need ≥ 81 watt charger to get your 9.6Amp setting 2C charging rate. If your 4800mAh pack is a four cell LiPo pack, you'll need a charger with ≥ 162 watts of power to get hit that 2C charge rate amperage.
And what can sometimes complicate this is many AC/DC chargers will list their power rating based on what they can achieve when hooked up to a separate power supply. When running off their own power supply, the power output can be significantly lower.
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