Amp Hours are just a measure of capacity. e.g. A 30Ah battery will run at 30 amps for one hour, or 30 hours at one amp. The thing that you want to look at for current is how much current your motors pull.
-Gregory On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Don Shankin <[email protected]> wrote: > That doesn't sound correct... I'm not familiar with the "tri pact" > electronics, but think of the AH rating of the battery as the capacity. It > won't affect the electronics to have a higher AH rating. You may be mixing > up your terms. > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:29 PM, ryan wells <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the information. I would have to reduce the ah down to under >> 30amps for the tri pact diode system. >> >> Ryan P. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:19:20 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [TANKS] Which Buy is Better? >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> We can't answer because you haven't specified how they will be wired. >> Four 6v batteries can imply a 24v system, or a 12v system with two sets of >> two 6v batteries. I'm going to assume you're talking about a 12v system >> (because of your second option), and will then assume that option 3 implies >> two 12v batteries wired in parallel. In that case, option 3 will provide >> the most run time (with 36 effective amp-hours) (I'm also assuming you mean >> "amp-hours" when you say "amp"). Option 2 comes in second, and Option 1 >> will give you the shortest run time with 24 effective amp-hours (this is >> ignoring factors such as how different setups will be affected by the >> discharge rate being spread over multiple batteries, which could work to >> even the playing field between options 1 and 2. I still think that for a >> 12v setup, Option 3 wins >> >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:06 PM, ryan wells <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Which arrangement will have longer run life for two motors? >> Four 6v 12amp batteries. >> One 12v 28amp battery. >> Two 12v 18amp batteries. >> >> Ryan P. >> >> >> >> -- >> You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat >> >> >> > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
