Elect. Guru help

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

Greg, your right. LION batteries produce heat as they discharge. The faster the discharge rate, the greater the heat produced (enough to melt right through a plastic kayak (recall the airline issues not that long ago). However, for the most part, placing small batteries in series/parallel hasn't up-ed the discharge rate to a point that would create a problem.

Yeah, that is not where I was going with my question. Seems to me that any batteries that are charged or discharged too quickly beyond their ratings will have a tendency to generate heat. Although that is a risk that everyone should be aware of when making their wiring connections to avoid shorts.My concern was that some of the cells seem designed for rapid discharge and some for slower discharge. And I was wondering if that was going to effect performance (battery life or run time). Also, I am not looking at LION batteries, but Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries (LifePo).