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<DIV>Let us know how that works.</DIV>
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<DIV>I would think that charging at 2C vs 1C is NOT going to be twice as fast, since once you get into the voltage-limited part of the cycle, the current starts to drop off regardless. What I have seen is that packs with the lowest internal resistance charge must faster because the period spent during the constant-voltage phase is much less. I have some Li-Ion receiver packs in a giant-scale plane that take forever compared to Lipos because of this fact.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 12/22/09, Dave <I><DaveL322@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>The benefit of faster charging really decreases once you get to 3C...there<BR>is still the ramp up/down time, but as I get new packs, I'll be charging at<BR>2 or 3C as long as the charger can keep up. I'll wait for Chad's report on<BR>his first foamy pack to hit 100 cycles at 5C charging. <G><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>