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Old 02-23-2008, 04:28 PM
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Syndr0me, actually it's there, as Roar in fact does states what their position on the 1C charging guidelines in their Lipo rules were. I did explain what the provisions were for going beyond this 1C rate or more in an earlier post. Part of it was that the only time they recommend that it’s okay to set the charger past the 1C rate, is when the manufacturers says it's okay to do so, with no loss in cycle life, etc.

At least that is the general wordings of that rule. However if you don't know whom the manufacturers are or don't have a direct okay (or statement) from them or their distributors (in writing/instructions) to do so (Lipo's are being distributed on the market, without the Lipo’s cell manufacturers being revealed for one as part of secrecy), it's generally accepted as a rule that you shouldn't go past the 1C rate. So however to be on the safe side (unless you have prior proof of manufacture's permission to do so) you are limited to 1C max charge rate at ROAR events in general. Going past this 1C rate is probably in a way breaking the ROAR set rule per Lipo charging guidelines, even though it's probably not.

About the overcharging thing, most other chargers other than the GFX (when the device isn't used with the sensors lead as we have learned) should be fine, and fall far well below the 8.40 + - .04 max Roar charging limit, so there shouldn't be a concern for overcharging there at all as long as you use the charger's given cc/cv program built into it.

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