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Old 11-11-2014, 11:16 AM   #6 (permalink)
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yah, 60 amps continuous discharge, thats like 12hp, and a PITA to charge. Would be a good fit for the citi car if you can sort out charging (and ~48v is going to be easier to sort out nicely for nimh). According to this, the problem with parallel charging is the different resistances How to charge Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries tutorial for design engineers.

So maybe you can measure the resistances and match them up 3 wide for the c-car? or live with a 10 hour charge?
Lol, if I can achieve a full charge in 10 hours I would be happy, my current dumb 144v charger that could taper nickle would take more like 30 hours if I don't suppliment it with something else


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Hope you beat the $2.50/cell price by a decent margin
Where could I buy a 30ahr NiMH cell for $2.50? (cough no I didn't pay that much but I am curious)
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