Match cells by what?

[Northy]

I know what your all going to say but hear me out please...

The normal way you would match cells is by run time, but in my opinion this is becoming less and less of an issue, I race off road and can not remember the last time I dumped.

If you were matching some of the new high capacity cells would you still match by run time (discharge capacity)? I am thinking that it might be better to match by charge capacity, as that way no cells get over or under charged during charging and damaged.

If the cells had diferent discharge capacities then all that would be needed would be to discharge after a race to a higher than usual voltage (eg 6 Volts), and then equalise. This way no cell is getting damaged on discharge either.

Does this make sense? Or does charge capacity tend to follow the same curve as discharge capacity and would therefore be sort of the same thing?

How about matching by voltage? Whats that all about then?

Comments welcome

G