Yes, combine both of the leads. I don't think Kos-Mos is looking at the battery very hard. This is a reciever battery, which has TWO SETS of discharge leads. Typical thing to see on a reciever pack. Yes, both sets of discharge leads are soldered to the same place and yes by replacing the wiring, you are effectively combining them.
Here's a quick sketch of how the battery is wired inside. There's no way to wire it to get 14.8v unless you desoldered all the cells and stacked them in series.
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Originally Posted by Kos-Mos
I will let you read that again...
Parallel = current doubles.
Serial = voltage doubles.
The "C" rating is a direct measure of the maximum current a pack can give.
In this case, the combined two packs are 20C, each pack will only give half of that maximum current. Otherwise they would mark the pack 40C since it would be better for marketing purpose. But it's not safe to run the pack at 40C...
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Ugh. Let me try to take you through the math. Each cell is 1500mah. There are four cells. Take two cells and put them in parallel and you have 1s2p. Put that group of cells in series with a second group and you have 2s2p. With me so far?
Hope so. Now, if one cell has 1500mah and a 20C discharge rate, 1.5 amps x 20 = 30 amps. So each cell can pass current at 30 amps. Now let's put that beside another cell (ie in parallel). Now you have two cells that can each drop 30 amps. What's 30 + 30? 60? Correct. The two cells together can drop 60 amps. Now let's look at the battery as a whole, it's 3000mah 20c what's 3 amps x 20? 60? The same? holy fuck I think we're on to something!
I think you understand the general idea but the part you keep forgetting is that each cell is NOT 3000 mah, it's 1500mah. The two cells TOGETHER add up to 3000. That's WHY you make a pack like this. If each cell were 3000mah 10c as you seem to think, then they would be advertising the battery as 6000mah, not 3000. Understand now?