device that attaches to the balance lead and
lights up green if there is enough charge and
turns red when it’s too low) or when you
hear a notable power drop (if the rate of fire
decreases or semi-auto becomes sluggish,
for example). If this happens, stop firing and
change over the battery immediately.
The last main safety factor (for me at
least) is discharging your batteries. This is
something that has had a running debate
online now for some time. It supposedly
can and does get done but discharging
your battery must be done precisely or it
can result in damage to your battery. The
battery cannot be deep discharged or it will
be damaged beyond repair. For this reason
I personally choose not to discharge the
batteries at all, as they are the same as
mobile phone batteries which most of us
know take a pounding and last for ages!
Next time
I know this sounds like horror stories but
there are a lot of safety issues with these
batteries. Now that we have got most of
them out the way
I can focus on
the positive:
the huge
advantages
of using these
powerful batteries.
Next issue we will look
at the stats of each
battery, powers, mAh
(how long they last),
larger voltages and
upgrading your
gun to handle
the power
increase. ■
BATTERIES
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