Using Milwaukee 8ah 18v batteries

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This might be a stupid question, but I’d love to build a board that can be powered off my milwaukee batteries, since I have a bunch and can charge them etc.

If I had to m18s wired in series it would be 36 volts. Will that work with most Escs or Vescs?

Most Escs seem to have a voltage range. Can I simply apply any voltage within that range? Is there any reason to believe it might damage the batteries?

Will it effect board performance?

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Should be good to go honestly been wanting to try this myself. And in theory it could work. I recently recycled a few drill packa and i believe they were 5s2p and if applied correctly 2 in series would give you a similar range to the early meepo boards. 10 miles ish at best.

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Should work but I think you’ll burn out the batteries bc they aren’t meant for a high discharge

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