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Old 03-17-2007, 09:17 PM
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outlandr91
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Originally Posted by sportpak
C rating is capacity. When it says it's rated at "20C", that means it can safely discharge at 20 x capacity. If your running a 3200mah battery rated at 20C, then it will support 3200 x 20 = 6400mah or 64amps. So that battery will support 64amps. When you charge at 1C, you are charging at 1 x capacity. That same 3200mah battery then needs to be charged at 3200mah or 3.2 amps.
Thanks,you answered one of my questions about the C rating.As I was reading the rest of your post you gave an example of a 6400 mah or 64 amps.Is that correct or did you mean 6.4 amps ? Thanks.
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