Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by luckof13

Except that the Safety Manual is not just guidelines.

The spec sheet for the battery that I linked to in my post above states that the maximum charging rate for these batteries is 5.4A. You will damage you batteries if charge them above this rate.

It's not that we set the charge rate to 15A, the charger states: "automatically selects charge rate from 0 to 15 AMPS to maximize battery life, charge speed and maintenance" it also makes no claims as to a rating of battery it can/can't charge. From other online documentation I found there is no danger at charging up to 1C other than shortening the battery life, which you may consider damage I suppose though. Honestly i'm no worried since we can work around it by bulk charging on 6A then cycling to these for top off