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| 05-26-2016 05:51 PM | ||
| floyd |
Re: Battery packs at home If your not experienced enough to feel a receiver pack that looses a cell then you should keep track of the mah you put back in the pack between flying. I fly 2 hours on my 3D plane and I know I have to put at least 800ma back into it when I charge it. If I can't, that's when I'll check the pack. My 2300 - 2850 mah packs are over kill but they cost the same as the lower mah cells do. Cheers Floyd |
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| 05-26-2016 04:02 PM | ||
| OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK |
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| 05-26-2016 06:53 AM | ||
| tommy |
Re: Battery packs at home Thanks for the advice, it all helps. Each to his own I guess. So at this time in life I will join the crowd on the cheap side of the street until I crash. But I know a person who has pulled packs from the dead pail and replaced a cell in a receiver pack and is still flying that pack in the same plane. and I think it is going on two years. So I guess he will fly till the finger of fate strikes. |
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| 05-26-2016 06:52 AM | ||
| OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK |
Re: Battery packs at home I try to have fully charged batteries every time I go flying. A good day of flying for me would consist of perhaps 3 hours of actual air time, usually less especially if there are others to visit with or watch. Battery energy consumption would be maybe 300 to 400mAhs at the most on the planes I fly, then I recharge for the next time. I don't care if my battery pack only delivers 80% of advertised capacity as I never use it to full capacity anyway! We have 2 vehicles that have large enough fuel tanks to go 1000 kms and 2 that will only make 450 km. If we need to go into town (20 minutes) the tank capacity does not influence which vehicle we take, we just make sure to fill them up while we are in town! Make sense? |
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| 05-25-2016 11:40 PM | ||
| 4*60 |
Re: Battery packs at home But that does not mean that all cheap packs perform like the ones you bought. One thing is real and that is that camera shops etc do have high markup and they need to.You could get cheap packs from Hobhy King(NIMH) and they perform as advertised. Unfortunately the shipping is now out of sight unless one does large orders. Just one example of cheap/decent packs. |
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| 05-25-2016 07:40 PM | ||
| floyd |
Re: Battery packs at home The problem with cheap NIMH batteries is they'll never hold a charge or get to the stated MAH rate. I've found over the years that camera shops and computers shops sell quality batteries for they're customers. I've bought cheap NIMH batteries that only held a third of the recommended amps. But every battery I've bought at the above stores has exceeded the charge rate. Cheers Floyd |
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| 05-25-2016 05:08 PM | ||
| OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK |
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| 05-25-2016 02:24 PM | ||
| stegl |
Re: Battery packs at home Yup, there's cheap junk and then there is your middle of the road that may last 500 cycles but has to be left on charge over the night and then there is your $4.50 cell that can be charged and left pretty much indefinitely until used and produces as advertised. So if you don't value your aircraft much; go with the cheap stuff. Been that route before and it don't pay. At least not for my stuff. |
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| 05-25-2016 02:14 PM | ||
| floyd |
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| 05-25-2016 06:45 AM | ||
| 4*60 |
Re: Battery packs at home OK so you don't like the chatter. Yoour first post talks about 4.50 per cell times 5 equals $2.50 for a 6volt pack. I get mine for under $10 plus a few dollars shipping. and they are life packs which I prefer. Group buying of LIFE packs for under $10 is what I recommend. |
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