Battery voltage?

[tc3guy]

Does anyone actually have cells that have 1.2 volts instead of something like 1.15? If so please tell what kind they are

[HowieStern]

take out your DVO or multi-meter.....

charge up a 6 cell stick pack... remove it from your charger....

now take a voltage reading of the entire pack...

divide that voltage by 6...

guess what?? the cells in you Stick pack have a lot more voltage than 1.15....

long story on why matched packs say 1.15 on them....

peace out... :)

[B3Tyler]

lets hear it

[Leet TC3]

The voltage that is printed on the battery labels is the AVERAGE voltage the pack puts out over the length of the tested discharge.

The idea is, the higher the voltage output during a discharge, the more "punch" the pack will put out during a race.

The nominal rate of all NiCad's is 1.2 volts. But any battery under a load will show lower voltage.

[HowieStern]

this can get to be a very involved subject.... trust me... but for some reason, i highly doubt any amount of responces can make Tyler understand the true depth... i suggest you do a bit of leg work yourself reading up on the subject before just saying "let's hear it"...

anyways... as Leet has mentioned... the typical 1.15 rating on cells is an average... but that average is based on different factors (discharge rate and run-out), and these factors can vary from different matching companies..

so.. a 1.18 integy pack may only be equal to a 1.11 trinity pack... but of course, both these packs are using cells that can easily produce 1.2 peak volts...

so to keep this short...

are there 1.2 volt cells out there... heck yes, tons of them... but that is their peak voltage, not average under a load...

are there cells out there that can average 1.2 volts while being dis-charged at 30 amps for 370 seconds?? i highly doubt it.... LOL..... (maybe someday... :) )

is a 1.18 pack from one matching company better than a 1.14 pack from another?? Yes, but only if they were tested the same way.... if they weren't tested the same way, it may or may not be as good... you would have to test both on your turbo-matcher to see how they both performed under the same testing...

peace out..... :)