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Old 01-02-2004, 04:00 PM
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Re: how many volts can it handle

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Originally posted by trigger
I have got 2 12v camera batteries that have the same diameter of the AAA battery and I have got the materials to put in spacers to fill the gap for the remainding 2 battery spaces, will it fry my board or will the spacers remove enough voltage to run it at a safe voltage.
A 12v camera battery is probablly going to be a Lithium battery. This type of battery is not good to use for a high current drain application such as the Xmods. The lithium batteries have a very high internal resistance. When too much current draw is demanded they simply add a large amount of resistance in the supply circuitry. In short - you don't get the performance gains you would expect.

It is best to try and use NiMH cells instead. Take a look at this thread to see if you would want to try this for voltage increase - http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthr...threadid=16985 -

These batteries have the same current drain as all of the rechargeable AAAs everyone is currently using.
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