Elect. Guru help

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Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Am I wrong, or is there something more to these cells than just placing the right combination of them in series and parallel in order to get your required voltage and Ahs? All the cells seem to have a different discharge rate. At our usage, does that even matter?

Greg, your right. LION batteries produce heat as they discharge. The faster the discharge rate, the greater the heat produced (enough to melt right through a plastic kayak (recall the airline issues not that long ago). However, for the most part, placing small batteries in series/parallel hasn't up-ed the discharge rate to a point that would create a problem.