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Old 12-29-2010, 12:52 PM
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M3Armand
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Originally Posted by academygaz
In the video, they used a 3S = 11.1 volts. After the car started, the alternator overcharged the Lipo = not good. This is why I made the post as 4S = 14.8 volts.

But this is darn good news since "in a bind", all we really need is a "jump" on an almost dead battery. We would just have to use two 2S's in series to avoid the alternator overcharging issue...
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