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Old 01-25-2009, 10:03 PM
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With your charger, you'd charge it at 2000mAh...

Or 2 amps.

LiPo's can safely charge at 1C which is 5 amps on the 5000mAh battery.

The formula is like this: C x mAh / 1000 = current rating
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