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Old 09-27-2010 | 05:14 PM
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AreCee
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Originally Posted by KWT-NITRO
are you sure???

i mean even if you have a 5200mah pack and you wanna charge it at 2C, you dont want to change the capacity setting on your charger!! you just have to change the amp to 10.4 instead of 5.2 but keep the capacity at 5200.

i might be wrong but this is what i know!!

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Ali
Yes I'm quite sure. The capacity is the C that is used to charge not peak current. The capacity of a 5.2amp (5,200mah) battery will not change no matter if you charge it at 0.1C or 1C. So 5.2Amp X 2 = 10.4 amp which his Venom charger can't do.
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