Maximum discharge rate of 510 battery

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the_austrian

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Hi, I don't know the discharge rate but I have used 510 LR atties on a 340mAh automatic battery (the one supplied in the 510-T kits, not the older version) without problem.
As far as I know the newer joyetech batteries have some kind of protection built in and will not fire if the current needed is higher than they can provide safely. It will only blink and not fire.

Cheers, Alex
 

Chewyorphan

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Just doing some quick math on an ohm's law calculator.

Lets say 3.2v loaded, and a basic 3 ohm atty(carto, whatever) gives you a 1.067 amps, or 1067mah drain. (3.41 watts if curious)

This would give you ~ 3.81C based what we know.

If they are LiPo (and i think they are, based on 3.7v nominal and 4.2v full charge) they should most likely have a higher C rating than that.

Ive done a lot of R/C stuff and C rating is pretty important in that case. But on another note those batteries can usually be 40-50C or higher in a lot of cases. Ive seen as much as 150C on the high dollar setups. Maybe more now as Ive been out of the hobby for around a year.

With the above mentioned case I would think that those batteries would maybe be in the 5-10C range?

I dont know for sure, as I dont have any in-depth 510 battery info sitting in front of me lol.

You can usually figure out an amperage draw with simple math and a known C rating though. mah X C = max discharge rate. One of my known R/C batteries is 5400mah and 40C (80C burst), or i can pull 216A continuous and 432A burst. Thats quite a bit of power in a little package... lol

Oh and it looks like I mmay have gotten a little carried away lol :D
 
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