Seems to me that this battery is delivering more than rated energy. It should be fine. I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
Ed Jett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Smets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: [RCSE] Battery life ? > Hi all, > > I got myself an old (but "new: never flown) Stratos F3B. It came with all > servos, receiver and battery. The battery consists of four Sanyo KR-1400AE > 1400mAh, yellow colour with red letters. > > To be sure, I soldered new wires on the battery and cycled it 5 times on my > Robbe Infinity 2; these are the results: > > Cycle 1: Discharge: 1178 Charge: 1338 > Cycle 2: Discharge: 1505 Charge: 1359 > Cycle 3: Discharge: 1512 Charge: 1368 > Cycle 4: Discharge: 1515 Charge: 1387 > Cycle 5: Discharge: 1520 Charge: 1385 > > Can I consider it safe to use this battery ? The seller had no idea how old > it was. I realize the safe way is to get rid of it, but could I risk using > it in a "lesser" model (like e.g. an old glow-engine trainer) ? > > Thanks, > Stefan. > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
