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Old 01-26-2009 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by not home
dont forget the c-rating. this is another thing people like high like 30c+, its the discharge rate which makes you fly off the jumps farther and stuff i guess.
Many people think that, but it is wrong; the C rating is used as a reference to how many amps a battery can supply i.e 5000mah 20c can deliver about 100 amps or a 3800 35c can deliver 133 amps

So unless you are running a super high amp drawing car the C rating is just to bring in the money
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