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Originally Posted by BrianG
True, around 0.015A to be more precise.
And I'm not saying it is justified, but I think if people start feeling the voltage, they will make more sudden movements in response. I can start feeling it on my figertips at around 30V. It's not enough to jerk my hand away, but other people might. especially if they are already nervous about it (which causes sweating, which lowers your resistance, which creates more current flow, which causes more sweating, etc...).
Also, for a given wire resistance, you get a lot more potential current with higher voltages than with low when shorted.
Yeah, it's reaching, but I can't think of any other reason for the limit.
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8S has been my standard for a while now. I run 8S Apogee 2200's and the 12S sentilon which gets me around 25 minutes in my MBX5T on a small track. I've never felt voltage from any pack and really haven't worried about a dead short. This weekend, like a complete idiot, I connected my 2 4S apogee packs together. There was a small pop on the black powerpole connectors and both sides of the connectors seemed like they latched to one aother as if they were mangetically pulled together. I immediatly pulled them apart and saw no signs of puffing nor any noticable heat. Anyway, I guess all things come with risk, you just have to take the needed caution not to kill yourself
I'm not sure how much damage I did to my packs but they still work, for now anyway...
Note to self: when connecting battery leads to RC you MUST be fully awake and sober
