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Old July 3rd, 2012, 07:17   #6
Drakker
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Originally Posted by XZIVR View Post
Those look like 18650 cells in that KA battery.. I didn't know you could even RUN an airsoft gun on those.. Tried it once and the thing wouldn't even cycle with an m120 spring and torque gears. Though those cells were old.. I think you're supposed to charge 18650's as LiFE though. Check that part on wikipedia. Good news is 18650s are pretty hard to screw up, which is why they are used in power tools and laptops and so on..
This is the exact problem I have... I charged the battery with the life setting in balance mode, with a 0.2ma charge current (wanted to be extra safe). It stopped after 176ma, and the battery will not cycle my G&P V2 stock gearbox with an M120 spring and a G&P M120 motor. I bought this battery because my old Firefox nimh 1500mah 8.4v battery wouldn't cycle it either.

So, either my new lipo is not fully charged with the setting I used to charge it, or it really isn't strong enough to cycle my current setup...
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