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Re: Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
1C for a 40AH car battery is different and bigger than 1C for a 17AH FRC battery.
indeed it is, but battery ratings are in C which is relative to capacity and is more or less identical for each type of battery chemistry unless it was specifically designed a bit differently for some purpose. These are general purpose lead acid batteries, so as far as C ratings go the documentation talking about C ratings for generic lead acid batteries still applies. That's why the documentation does it this way, because it applies to all batteries of that chemistry regardless of capacity.