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Originally Posted by Funracer
Hello,
Finally I bought some Lipos in oder to start RC racing again. I thought that these batteries can be charged days before use and also can be re-charged after runnning without having to care for the remaining capacity  . Now I read on a touring car forum that folks discharge their Lipos to 6V before charging them with even more than 1C. This charging method shall offer more punch and therefore more speed. Have you ever heard of something like this? I feel like things are going back to NIMH age  . Perhaps I better stick to my crawlers...
Cheers, Norbert |
They are wrong. Never charge you lipos more than 1c and you never need to discharge them.
Lipos can run below 3.v per cell but it's best to set the cut-off as 3.2 to be safe. If I remember right I think the electrical specs when manufacturing devices is 2.6v a cell as minimum (that was for mobile phones which wouldn't draw as much as motor.