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Dieselboy, the voltage a cell puts out depends on the cell, I don't think the charge affects it. What you want to watch for is a sudden voltage drop while it's charging.
My results with the stock 50mah NiCd are inconclusive. While chargeing the voltage remained much more consistant, starting at 1.58, and gradually working it's way up to 1.75. My results are inconclusive, because after 5min. I still didn't see a voltage drop, in fact, that's when it went from 1.74 to 1.75. Considering I got my 150mah cell good and warm after about 5min I was skeptical of doing it any longer, and the battery was just starting to warm, so I think it was about to peak anyways. The output voltage when charged was 1.38. The longer charge rate may have been due to the batteries I charged with being drained from last night. I'll try again tomorrow with fresh batteries in the charger. I did get 25 min. runtime w/ a 2.6 motor , even if the performance wasn't as dazzling as last night. I'll remember to try it with the 3.2 tommorow too. that way the results should be more relavant
Dave
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