What is a 1C battery?

The capacity of a battery is commonly rated at 1C, meaning that a fully charged battery rated at 1Ah should provide 1A for one hour. The same battery discharging at 0.5C should provide 500mA for two hours, and at 2C it delivers 2A for 30 minutes.

What is 1C on a LiPo battery?

A 1C charge rate means that the current will charge the entire battery in 1 hour ( assuming you are starting with a fully discharged battery around 3.2v ). For example, if you had a 1000mAh lipo, to charge at 1C you would set your charger for 1 Amp. If you had a 500mAh battery, you would set your charger to 0.5 Amps.

What is the C rating?

C Rating is a fairly misunderstood concept in batteries. The C Rating is defined by the rate of time it takes to charge or discharge a battery. You can increase or decrease the rate which in turn will have an inverse effect on the time it takes to charge or discharge the battery.

What is 2C in battery?

The C Rate charge or discharge time changes in relation to the rating. 1C is equal to 60 minutes, 0.5C to 120 minutes and a 2C rating is equal to 30 minutes.

What is a 3C battery?

Many battery packs in Israel have been rated at 3C, meaning it delivers 3A for 20 minutes. Better than this is a 4C rating, meaning it delivers 4A for 15 minutes. This will provide more power when needed and hence shows a battery quality with higher specifications.

What C rating do I need?

Having the battery pack with the highest C rating is always best for the power system and battery pack health. It is best to have a discharge rate overhead of 30%. If you work out a maximum power system discharge of 100 amps. Your battery pack should should deliver at least 30% more or 130 total amps.

What is a 1C charge rate?

A C-rate is a measure of the rate at which a battery is discharged relative to its maximum capacity. A 1C rate means that the discharge current will discharge the entire battery in 1 hour. For a battery with a capacity of 100 Amp-hrs, this equates to a discharge current of 100 Amps.