"C-Rating means what!!?" LiPo Batteries 301 with Professor Mikel Graham

Confused about what a C-Rating is with LiPo batteries? Or how to break them in, or even how to dispose of them? And what about POWER? How do I get the absolute most out of a LiPo battery? HeliDirect and Horizon Team Pilot/Ph.D./Wizard/Professor/MIT Graduate, Mikel Graham, takes us through everything you need to know about LiPo batteries, to help ensure you purchase the LiPo battery for your needs.
00:38 Safety
01:18 Break-In
03:15 Care and Health
07:04 Disposal
07:43 C Ratings
17:44 Power
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[@warbuzzard7167]

Useful and easy to comprehend - thanks for supporting your work using practical examples.

[@leeodell2009]

Excellent presentation!! Thank you.

[@rchelicopter]

Excellent video. And thanks for not mentioning the salt water bath for disposing batteries! 😀

[@paullesogor2078]

Thanks for sharing!

[@DutchMan851]

Great material! I feel like I truly understand batteries now! Thanks.

[@axelminet1095]

Very interesting :)

[@bbyrdsong]

Very, very good material, Mikel! I learned something today! Thank you!

[@StevesRC]

Nice work Mikel. Always fun to learn math from you!

[@frankmoradiellos5275]

Very good video! Thank you for making it.

[@johnahamelv]

Thank you very much for posting this well done video. I have a follow up question.
Charge rate. I own many Pulse Ultra LiPo batteries (standard LiPo, not the HV versions) in the 45C to 50C range. They all state I can charge them up to 5C rate. I generally balance charge at 2C charge rate. In my experience, balance charging at 3C charge saves about 4min to 5min (in real life) compared to 2C balance charge rate. Although I have balance charged at 3C for testing purposes, I have been hesitant to adopt charging at 3C "routinely" out of concern that I would be "significantly" decreasing overall potential charge/discharge cycles and degrading the batteries faster compared to charging at a more conservative 2C charge rate. Is there a significant acceleration in battery degradation and/or significant decrease in number of useful charge/discharge cycles when balance charging at 3C compared to slower charging at 2C?

[@The-Fly-Kid]

In my experience and research, no there isn't. You're pretty safe up to 3C I've found.

[@DaveElectric]

3.0v per cell discharge is very extreme. The true 0% SOC is 3.3 volts. Not 3.0 volts. 3.0v per cell sounds like a maximum allowed voltage sag number.