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By keeping the cells balanced within the pack, you do more to extend the life of the battery then you ever could do by lowering the charge rate. The LiPo Trickle-Charge Myth Using a good quality charger like this Xtrema along with balancer will do your battery packs more good than any trickle-charging can. Q I would like to know if it's possible to trickle-charge LiPo battery packs like I do for other types of...

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