Newb Question

[NitroRC4Life]

Well, as you can tell by my newest thread about my charger, i have a new battery. My first LiPo. My question is, how do I tell when I should stop running the battery, is it bad to hit the mark where u lose like all of the power, or should i run until then and then charge. Thanks!

 

[slowngreen]

As long as your running a voltage cutoff then run it till it stops.

 

[NitroRC4Life]

As long as your running a voltage cutoff then run it till it stops.

yea, on the merv, it has the LVC, so i set it how traxxas says to so when the truck just stops that when I unplug, let it cool down for a few, and then recharge. I heard if you are going to store them for like a few days to a week, you should charge them to about 60-80%. Is this true?

 

[MotoGod]

Best Advice with LIPO is either run a low voltage cut off, or a low voltage alarm. By the time the car starts slowing down.....you're pretty close to being pretty late with a LIPO.

My pitman ran my bump box @ 20 seconds past where he should have at this past weekend's race....didn't tell me it was dying so I used it again....my LIPO blew up like a balloon and I had to throw it away. $99 LIPO gonezo....

 

[hamz9561]

If you are the Low Voltage cut off on the MERV, run it until it quits. You can then let it cool as you stated and then charge it.