-=> Quoting Michael Khanolkar to Brad Kulick <=-
 BK> Anyway, just how low should a person discharge their battery packs
 BK> before recharging them. Nothing special as to battery type, basically a
 BK> 6 cell street spec type of pack.
 MK> Wellmy uncle made this cool discharger outta 12 ga wire and light
 MK> bulbs...all  u do is get a whole bunch of light bulbs and sloder them
 MK> to gether...then u  wrap the 12 ga wire aroung it (strip a little part
   If you value your packs, you'll use a volt meter with those bulbs, and
   stop it when it discharges to .9 volt per cell.  That's 5.4 volts for a
   6 cell pack, or 6.3 for a 7 cell.  Drop it lower and you risk killing
   one or more cells.   Better yet, use a constant current discharger, like
   a Yokomo, or the one built into a Turbo Thirty.
   Don't forget to let the packs cool to room temperature before recharging,
   and also that ONLY SCR and SCRC packs should be recharged so soon. SCE
   batteries need much more time to recover, preferably overnight.
                                                                  
   Now go out and race!
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