lipo pack

**plargen** · 13th October 2012, 19:40

been looking at the idea of a lip pack and this seems the best amount of amps for a good price but im not sure whether its the amps or the c rating that your looking for to run a robot

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320982959747? ... 293wt_1151

**terry** · 13th October 2012, 19:56

Nicd, nimh, and Lipo are fine to supply current req in fw , and hw if in parallel the most benefit of Lipo is the weight saving, and also they do kick out the amps

**plargen** · 13th October 2012, 20:12

well at the mo im using 2x 7.2v 3000mah battery in series to make 14.4v and its running 4 motors in 1 bot i think more power is required as the nimh pack can only do 30a peak probably and each motor probably uses about that when pushing something

**maddox10** · 13th October 2012, 20:24

14.4V then. That's a 4S pack, in Lipo it gives 14.8V nominal.
Even a cheap Zippy or Turnegy pack does 30C, and that means on 3000mah, it's 90A rated.

If you don't need the really high end packs, I can advice hobbyking.

**shakesc** · 13th October 2012, 20:29

Use Hobbyking for my stuff

Did manage to destroy one pack but that was my fault with a deep discharge due to sticking motors, thats roboting

**plargen** · 13th October 2012, 20:58

i have found a 4s 2200 mah nano tech that says it can do 25c continous and 50c burst, dunno if that would do i assume the higher the c rating the mor amps it can draw in 1 burst

**maddox10** · 13th October 2012, 21:34

The C value is exactly what you write Plargen.
The times the rated amp value can be drawn from the pack . First -lower- value means you can draw that untill the low voltage limit is reached. The higher value is the amount of amps that will damage the pack if drawn longer than an instant.