Increase in current.. period
Our G11 is actually rated to 10 cells so the extra voltage is not an issue, but these batteries hold a much higher voltage under load… meaning they deliver a lot more current. The fact that we have to start and stop that huge current thousands of times per second is the issue. It’s like starting and stopping a freight train.
Mod Touring cars are pushing a 45amp average discharge and considering we really never draw the ave, we draw much lower currents and much higher currents, imagine what the high currents look like…. Pros are melting the wires off the motors they are pushing them so hard!!!
Good 6cell 3300 assembled packs use to hold 6.7v to 6.9v at 30 amps with 1.18 to 1.20 cells
New 3800’s are holding 7.0 to 7.2 at 30 amps with 1.21 to 1.23 cells.. some at 35amp
I am told the new 4200’s will hold 7.3v to 7.4 at 35amps WOW!
Even with all this increase in capacity we still dump them in 6 minutes…. Tells you a lot.
Even 19t motors are pulling a lot more watts. Imagine what the 7 and 8 turn motors are pulling….. 10turn was the lowest motor allowed in a ROAR race not long ago…. And now a 14t pulls what a 10t did and a 19t is maybe a 14t.
It was never that Tekin did not need a battery cap, we just chose to put a very expensive high quality cap inside. The Tekin philosophy of passing all the power combined with the increase in power available…… and the internal cap is not always enough. If cap technology gets better then it will get smaller and go back inside.... or you want to use wimpier batteries...
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