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Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business by pixelbreaker on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @03:30AM (#16742568)
I have a bunch of 4s Quadcopter batteries that are rated to 95c. If I fly hard I can run it flat (to 3.6v per cell) in 3 minutes
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Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business by Zak on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:02AM (#16743469)
I'd bet on that 95C being fraudulent (at least for more than a couple seconds at a time), but discharge in 3 minutes is 20C, and that's a lot.
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Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business by pixelbreaker on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:09AM (#16743499)
Configuration: 4S1P / 14.8V / 4Cells Discharge Rate: 95C Max Burst discharge Rate: 190C
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