26650 vs 18650 for long range pack

Have you thought about space/weight? How much volume does an 18650 10s4p use? How much volume does a 26650 10s4p use? How much volume does a 21700 10s4p use?

The weight and space are available, yes I’ve thought about them that’s exactly what is going on thinking of an upgraded battery hah

I am in the process to build a 10s4p with 20700B

All in CM on the left is also a transparent ruler.

For 6.4mm wider, 9.4mm shorter, and 1.5mm thinner you could’ve had a 12S4P pack. With Sanyo 18650GA cells, that would be 604.8Wh, 10S4P 20700B comes out to 576Wh, while Samsung 30Q comes out to 518.4Wh


Power wise: The 18650GA cells can provide 10A continuous While the 20700B can provide 15A and the 30Q can do 20A At nominal voltage that means: -12S4P GA: 1728W -10S4P 20700B: 2160W 12S4P 30Q: 3456W

Although I imagine you will be closer to 1000W power draw if you’re trying to make an efficient long distance battery.


Cost: 48 GA cells = €148.80 40 20700B cells = €198 48 30Q cells = €132.00


I think you lost out on this one…

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Thanks PXSS for clearification - I am new to this - so I was not smart with my choice - but its done.

I just finished my first 5s4p of those 20700B cells - and now I am asking myself how much mAh does it got? Is it 4200mAh per 4cell pack multiplyed by 5 == 21000mAh?

If you have 5s4p pack then it has to be multiplyed by 4 :slight_smile: Do you plan on using that on esk8? because 5s is quite low voltage…

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It’s still a solid battery, just a little expensive . :slight_smile:

Multiply the capacity of a single cell by however many cells in parallel you have. So if you have 4.2Ah/cell and 4 in parallel, you get 16.8Ah.

I thought it was 4Ah. If it’s 4.2 then you might actually break even with GA cells

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I did not mentioned that my charger does only up to 7s dual. so I have to build two 5s4p for charging.

now I will finish the second 5s

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I have been looking into building a batyery with ijoy26650 cells, they are awesome looking and want to experiment with them

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