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Old 01-21-2008, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Davidka
So I just read one of the craziest lipo battery threads I have ever read. I have a battery solution for the rules makers; A zero tolerance 8.4v peak limit on ALL batteries. The rules once read that batteries have a 7.2v limit and well, we're beyond that and now I am reading about guys heavy cycling batteries and overcharging them (reducing their life by 3/4.

Make a hard voltage line and all that goes away. If a pack arrives at the track above this limit, the driver is shown the door.
ROAR addressed this already. If a battery is over 8.44v, you're DQ'd. I think you should be banned for a year, but a DQ is a decent start.
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