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Can My Airsoft Gun Handle A 8.4v 5000Mah Battery?

I have a Echo1 MOD16VN. The battery it came with dies super fast so I've been wanting to get another. I have been looking at 4200 Mah batteries, but I just found a 5000 for only like 5 bucks more. Will my gun be able to handle this, or is it to powerful and while grind down the gears or blow a piston ( or whatever happens to the pistons).

Update:

according to many reviews on airsoft batteries, mah makes performance better not life. My brother says so as well and he's had RC cars for about 8 years.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    The MaH is not the power in the battery it is the capacity of the battery. It is still an 8.4V but just a higher capacity you should not have any problems with this battery hurting your gun.

    http://www.airsplat.com/airsoft-batteries.htm

  • 8 years ago

    The battery should be fine, since mah only affects the amout of shots you can fire before charging. As a general rule of thumb for each mah you can fire about 2 shots before needing to recharge. Where as voltage affects the rps, having higher voltage leads to more wear on the gearbox, and unless you have some upgraded internals i would avoid anything over 9.6v, but with stock internals you would be fine with 8.4v, i have one of the "monster" 5000mah batteries for my tokyo marui p90, but it works fine for any of my other aegs. I would also highly recommend the battery since you will NEVER run out of charge in the middle of a battle.

    Source(s): Experience from owning
  • 10 years ago

    The Mah is how much electricity your battery can hold, not the power. the voltage (v) is how much electricity it will deliver. no matter what the Mah, an 8.4 v battery will always run the same speed, it will just run longer with a higher mah. to get a higher rate of fire, you need higher voltage. dont go over a 9.6 volt unless you have steal gears. even above 9.6 is not recomended. As long as you dont abuse it (and you have steal gears) you should be fine with an 11.1v though. just be ready to replace parts! i curently run a 9.6 v and have no problems with it.

    and btw, 5000 mah will last you a LONG time

    Source(s): 5 years airsofting
  • 5 years ago

    I am sorry but I don't know about this

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