What is the maximum battery temperature you should allow your NiCad or Ni-MH battery to get to when charging or discharging? Thanks.
Max. Battery Temperature
Aug 12, 2004
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MotoCalc warns me that battery temps exceeding 140 degrees F. may damage the pack when the particular setup draws too much current for the battery.
Morris
| The yanks at the York electric flight competitions held last week | here in the UK , were using asbestos gloves to handle their packs | after discharging ! Man oh Man but were they fast - WOW !
Well, I'll bet their packs don't last very long ...
Personally, if the pack is too hot to hold after flying, I flew the plane too hard or I need a bigger pack or something. Of course, I don't do racing or competititive flying ... if I did, I might not mind throwing away $10 or $20 worth of battery in every flight.
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