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Originally Posted by Sammus
I'm not sure where you heard that... 4s lipo is 16.8V off the charger, 14.8V nominal. 5s A123 is 18-18.5V off the charger, 16.5V nominal. Just a little higher voltage. And I plan to run 1p not 2p.
And yeah I've heard of lots of people running 5s and even 6s lipo succesfully, but I've heard of many more failures at 5s lipo - even just connecting the battery and it goes up in smoke before it arms. I'm guessing those esc's were on the low end of the tolerance margin.
I'm wanting to hear from somone who's has failed on 4s lipo or 5s A123.
Fwiw I will be running a big cap (1800uf 35V FM series ultra low esr) a ccbec and maybe a TVS across the input. I will add a fan if it gets warm, but my sidewinder ran cooler the more voltage I threw at it, so I'm hoping it wont heat up too much more :)
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Because its loaded voltage what counts. Here's two graphs of a 4S and a 5S A123. Try to tell which one is which: (i've already given a bunch of hints
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