Discharge figures

[FE_Chris]

Hey quick figures I did in my head here.....Im doing some cycling and im no mathmatician!

I have a 20amp discharger.

So if I discharge at 20 amps for about 9 minutes. Thats about 3000Mah right?

I wanna run through my lipo's...But obviously I wanna stay WAY away from the 3.0 volt line. Thanks.

Just wanna make sure I am not gonna trash my packs. better to ask now.....

[Mich. Maniac]

I dont think it is needed to cycle liPo packs. store them at balanced med. to full charge. At least thats what I have been told. Just savin ya some time.

[FE_Chris]

Maniac, I here ya. I here mixed things about it. But i figure it can't hurt them. 20 amps is not a lot, but for a 25c 4350Mah pack it's about 4.5-5c. Nice smooth discharge. Not to fast, and I would think not to slow.

I have had all my 2s packs stored at 7.5-7.7 volts sence I put them up a month and a half ago. Thaught maybe I could charge them from that voltage, then bring them back down to the 7.5-7.7 vols with the 20 amps discharger.

Maybe im just paranoid my $$$lipos$$$ are gonna dye out on the shelf.

[Mich. Maniac]

have they lost much voltage wise?

[FE_Chris]

Naaa......I got the PQ 2s packs new a couple months ago. Been saving them. They have lost about .12 volts sence I got them.

I charged them @ 2.5 amps tonight after I installed the deans and velcro. One batt took 2303Mah and the other took 2340Mah. So they where about 1/2 way charged.