Cell Phone Batteries in RC?
12-11-2007, 09:29 PM
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Cell Phone Batteries in RC?
I got a pair of 3.7V 900mAh Li-ion cell phone batteries. Is it possible to wire them in a series and use them in say, a RC18? I could charge them with the cell phone charger. I guess I would need a lipo compatable ESC too? Just a crazy idea I had when I came across my old cell phone. The are super light and 900 mAh sounds decent.
12-11-2007, 10:23 PM
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RE: Cell Phone Batteries in RC?
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I got a pair of 3.7V 900mAh Li-ion cell phone batteries. Is it possible to wire them in a series and use them in say, a RC18? I could charge them with the cell phone charger. I guess I would need a lipo compatable ESC too? Just a crazy idea I had when I came across my old cell phone. The are super light and 900 mAh sounds decent.
I got a pair of 3.7V 900mAh Li-ion cell phone batteries. Is it possible to wire them in a series and use them in say, a RC18? I could charge them with the cell phone charger. I guess I would need a lipo compatable ESC too? Just a crazy idea I had when I came across my old cell phone. The are super light and 900 mAh sounds decent.
12-12-2007, 07:25 AM
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RE: Cell Phone Batteries in RC?
I figured that would be the problem. What do you think would happen, it would kill the batteries, or overheat them, or just not work?
12-12-2007, 01:36 PM
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RE: Cell Phone Batteries in RC?
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At the very best it would go very, very slow, and ya the batteries would probably overheat.
At the very best it would go very, very slow, and ya the batteries would probably overheat.
