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Originally Posted by thzero
Yeah, the info that it was discontinued need to be on their website; after all a website is a place to dispense information... funny how that works.
There were a lot of claims made in that thread, and probably same thing seen elsewhere, about two things:
a) poor quality of cells used by others, especially overseas companies.
b) poor quality of wires.
For a), this claim has been made before. Maybe its true, maybe its not. But considering that individual cells are not labeled (discounting the fact they could be completely mislabeled) there is no real way for the average r/cer to know. If you are going to make a claim about someone else's product, you should be able to back it up. Otherwise its just an unsubstantiated opinion. Austin does say they use "A" grade cells, fine, state that on your website with the cell information. But even so, you should take the time and explain it as the average hobby person does not buy lithum cells directly so wouldn't know they come in different grades, different chemistries, etc.
He also says " You can see the details of EXACTLY how we test our packs on our website under the lipo info section.", yet there isn't anything about it on the website. Don't hide this information, make it very easily accessible from the main page; i.e. Lipo Care, Lipo Testing, Lipo Cell Info, etc. There was some decent information in that thread, but if it had been posted on the website, then you wouldn't need to keep repeating yourself.
Personally I think 8AWG is overkill, I use 10AWG myself as opposed to the smaller 12AWG which is probably fine for 2/3S batteries. Again, make a claim, you need to back it up. Here's a link ( http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...p?prod=ose-6rw) to the stuff I use. |
I am working on all the detailed information for the site as we speak, so that will be up soon. Thanks for your suggestions, I will be posting up some tests that we have conducted and links to other third party sites that conducted test on some of the cheaper cells out there and you can see for yourself the results. I know off the top of my head Big Squid tested some cheaper LiPos and they performed poorly. I also believe rcbox.com did as well. Chat soon - Brandon
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