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Old 02-12-2009, 01:50 PM
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mattnin
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You cannot discharge A123s to 0 volts, this will surely damage the cells.

30C discharge rate is very inflated for A123. They will not hold their voltage like you claim under that load.

You cannot 'zip charge' a 2S2P 2200mah pack across a 12V battery.

Here are some graphs that show A123 discharges

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...mentid=1948092

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...mentid=1948928

You can clearly see that at 80A, the cell doesn't even come close to holding its voltage. At 50A discharge under a cooling fan, the battery reaches 145F, this is 20A less than its 'rated' 30C. Seems like A123 Systems over-inflated the current capacity claims.
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