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BrianG · 07:58 PM

OK, thanks. It makes sense now. The cutoff is easily done with the FET, I just couldn't understand how it would do the CV stage.

You think that the CV stage is good for only 10% of the charge? When the pack reaches 4.2v, the current is still at the full charge current, but then slowly falls. I would think that's at least 15-20% of the charge. For instance, with my 2s2p emoli, I get about 4500-4800mAh when it hits the CV stage and I end up with a total of ~5800mAh put into the cell. That's at least 17% of the charge missing if I were to pull the pack off at that point. Unless emolis act different than M1's or Lipos?

Even if it was only 10% due to the lack of the CV stage, that's 10% less pack capacity. I don't know if I'd like that. I understand the cost factor, but the price of these packs, sometimes it's worth getting the "good stuff".

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	10.24.2006, 07:57 PM OK, thanks. It makes sense now. The cutoff is easily done with the FET, I just couldn't understand how it would do the CV stage. You think that the CV stage is good for only 10% of the charge? When the pack reaches 4.2v, the current is still at the full charge current, but then slowly falls. I would think that's at least 15-20% of the charge. For instance, with my 2s2p emoli, I get about 4500-4800mAh when it hits the CV stage and I end up with a total of ~5800mAh put into the cell. That's at least 17% of the charge missing if I were to pull the pack off at that point. Unless emolis act different than M1's or Lipos? Even if it was only 10% due to the lack of the CV stage, that's 10% less pack capacity. I don't know if I'd like that. I understand the cost factor, but the price of these packs, sometimes it's worth getting the "good stuff". Last edited by BrianG; 10.24.2006 at 07:58 PM.