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brucepick · 01-03-2012, 10:28 PM

Thanks, Ladogaboy.

These questions aren't exclusively for Ladogaboy...

I did some more reading on LIPO's.
I found this in the .pdf on A123's ANR26650M1-B cell:
Recommended Standard Charge Method
- - 1C to 3.6V CCCV, 45 min
Recommended Fast Charge Method to 80% SOC
- - 4C to 3.6V CC, 12 min

I dug around till I found that CCCV = "Constant Current Constant Voltage" (I think).
But what are "1C" and "4C"?

And, I don't seem to find the latest ANR26650M1-B's being sold anywhere.
[EDIT] I found M1-A's at HobbyKing.com, $17.99, with price dropping to 11.99 as you watch (!!). ANR26650M1-B's [/EndEdit]
I did find ANR26650M1-A's offered at $9.99 - see voltmanbatteries.com. I haven't yet chased down the differences between the A's and B's.

Another question that has refused to yield an answer: What amount of Amps draw am I likely to find, just running the car's engine with it's management systems? Any idea on that?

01-03-2012, 10:28 PM	#157 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Thanks, Ladogaboy. These questions aren't exclusively for Ladogaboy... I did some more reading on LIPO's. I found this in the .pdf on A123's ANR26650M1-B cell: Recommended Standard Charge Method - - 1C to 3.6V CCCV, 45 min Recommended Fast Charge Method to 80% SOC - - 4C to 3.6V CC, 12 min I dug around till I found that CCCV = "Constant Current Constant Voltage" (I think). But what are "1C" and "4C"? And, I don't seem to find the latest ANR26650M1-B's being sold anywhere. [EDIT] I found M1-A's at HobbyKing.com, $17.99, with price dropping to 11.99 as you watch (!!). ANR26650M1-B's [/EndEdit] I did find ANR26650M1-A's offered at $9.99 - see voltmanbatteries.com. I haven't yet chased down the differences between the A's and B's. Another question that has refused to yield an answer: What amount of Amps draw am I likely to find, just running the car's engine with it's management systems? Any idea on that? __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 01-03-2012 at 10:41 PM..