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Originally Posted by Lowie
I run Lipo too, for some months now and i luv it too.
Indeed, the Lipo's give more bite to the motor, but you get used to it ... and it has made me sometimes using a lesser performant motor inslippery conditions, then I should have done with a NiMh-pack.
Strange thing dough, I have two Trakpower 4900 Lipo's.
I ALWAYS charge them with the Trakpower balancer (just because the corally-pins of the balancer are easier to connect to the pack then the crocodile clips on my charger) ... and I treat them right, as I should. I have a Lipo Saver installed ...
But when I charge my two Trakpowers (4900) I can only add a maximum of around 3200mAh.
Now one thing I didn't know: It seems its better to charge slowly the first times. I always charged them at 4.9A (the Trakpower manual said I could charge at 5A , I just wanted to stick with 1C).
What did I do wrong? Is this usual with Trakpower Lipo's? how come I "lost" around 1700 mAH?
I guess I had about max 60 charges on every pack.
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how are you measuring this?
to check a lipo's capacity you need to discharge to 6 volts (3 volts per cell) on a discharger (not cut out in the car) then recharge to max capacity
what charger do you have?