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Old 08-21-2003 | 07:17 PM
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Default Update on Lithium poly testing

Hi Will,

I have seen these low mAh readings on chargers like the new Triton and believe that they are not accurate.

It could also be the loss of capacity at the 5C rate which may be up to 50%.

Another possibility is that you are not charging or discharging them sufficiently.

The real sanity check is a flight test. We did this using a 3-cell pack of Kokam 1200HC cells. The flight duration was indeed doubled from our 10-cell, 600AE pack but the charger showed a low capacity when re-charged.