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Old July 9th, 2011, 19:10   #11
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Originally Posted by ReSpEcT View Post
I asked cheapbatterypacks about the issue with balancing the battery packs and about one side of the pack failing.

This is the response I got:
"Actually in parallel that is not really a problem.
When packs are in parallel the packs will balance themselves. So it is really not a problem."
Problem is that you have 8 cells in series, then 2x8cells in parallel. When you want to do such thing, you need to set each cell in pair then have them in serie, not the other way around.

It's not really their problem is what they should have told you. You won't have issues using it. It's when charging that it becomes ugly.

And you won't need that much juice in an M4 anyways. You really should get 2x 9.6v 1500mAh 2/3A packs instead. It will literally carry the same power, but you won't run into trouble.
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