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Rtsbasic · 08:08 AM

No problem mate.

Discharging to 0.6v/cell is perfect and doesn't affect the capacity nor the lifespan. The tray I use does indeed use a diode with a resistor, and some bits for an LED to tell you when its done. Easily made, check out http://www.schumacher.clara.net/equaliser.htm for a basic diagram, and a link on how to add status led's to it.

I've never needed to replace the heatshrink on my cells due to charging/discharging, I don't understand why you'd need to? As your only going to 0.9v with 10 amps you aren't heating the cells that much, and most tray's to equalise at 0.6v start at 3 amp and get lower the lower the voltage goes, so doesn't make the cells more than warm.

EDIT: Unless you mean pack heatshrink, I was referring to cell heatshrink, I never use pack heatshrink anyway and just run some tape around the middle of the cells and a bit of glue between each cell to hold the packs together. I have yet to short out a pack in a car doing this, you just have to be careful.

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Rtsbasic RC-Monster England! Offline Posts: 425 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North Devon, England	09.27.2005, 08:06 AM No problem mate. Discharging to 0.6v/cell is perfect and doesn't affect the capacity nor the lifespan. The tray I use does indeed use a diode with a resistor, and some bits for an LED to tell you when its done. Easily made, check out http://www.schumacher.clara.net/equaliser.htm for a basic diagram, and a link on how to add status led's to it. I've never needed to replace the heatshrink on my cells due to charging/discharging, I don't understand why you'd need to? As your only going to 0.9v with 10 amps you aren't heating the cells that much, and most tray's to equalise at 0.6v start at 3 amp and get lower the lower the voltage goes, so doesn't make the cells more than warm. EDIT: Unless you mean pack heatshrink, I was referring to cell heatshrink, I never use pack heatshrink anyway and just run some tape around the middle of the cells and a bit of glue between each cell to hold the packs together. I have yet to short out a pack in a car doing this, you just have to be careful. Last edited by Rtsbasic; 09.27.2005 at 08:08 AM.