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Old 10-10-2011 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TedMosby
Well, I hate to contradict anyone's post, but you've just been lucky if you've never had a pack unbalanced by more than 1/10v. I've seen packs out by more than 2v. And yes, you can ruin (shorten the life, of at the very least) lipo cells by forcing them into a state of over-voltage.
IMO we're not lucky, you're unlucky. If a pack gets that far out of balance it's got a bad cell and it's life is limited anyway and isn't because of charging without a balancer.
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