Isky
02-16-2001, 11:58 PM
I bought 2 Trinity 3000 mah batteries,and have almost ripped them to shreds in order to find out what to do and how to do it (charge, running in car, etc.). The first step is to buy a good charger (Novak Millenium)Probably the best charger out so far. If you want to buy a Duratrax Intellipeak charger, then be aware that you have to monitor your battery closely. Heres way: All 4 intellipeak chargers trickle charge the batteries when you first start the charger, and after discharge and peak charge modes to name a few. Charge your Ni-Mh batteries at 3.5 amps, but stay with them for the 40-50 minutes it will take to charge them. This way you will know approximetly when the batteries will be charged, so trickle charge engages when you see it.
I made the mistake of trickle charging my batteries. At first, no problems were evident. After 5-6 charges the batteries only had full punch for about 1 minute. Fear not, the batteries live! If you made the mistake of trickle charging, then just recharge your batteries at about 5-6 amps, if you have a charger with the ability. After a few charges through my batts, they regained their performance.
The speed control you use also makes a big impact on you batteries. You MUST use a high quality ESC(electronic speed control). I used my dual 3000 mah batts in an RC10T3 Factory Team car with a Futabu MC330CR ESC. The motor I was using was an Orion Chrome Stock RS. The car had lots of punch, and the batteries and motor ran super cool(for their standard anyway). When i used these batteries with a Novak Fusion, I found that the battery was very warm(above room temperature), and that the chassis where the battery lay was super warm. The motor was also impacted by this ESC, where it actually lit leaves on fire where the motor mount was. I saw smoke pouring from the top, and i stopped running my car. Now, this was in 35 degree weather, so imagine what will happen in summer?? The battery and motor were wo warm the slipper clutch was affected. My gearing ratio is 87/21, which is rather milled. My run time was about 25 minutes for each battery on the MC330CR, and about 24 on the Novak Fusion I used.
When you are finished using your batteries, lay them aside with no used of charging nor discharging for about 3 hours. After that time has passed (slow as heck, wasn't it???) charge your battery at 3.5 amps with no trickle charge. If, once again, you made the mistake of charging the battery with trickle charge, then repeak them with 5-6 amps for 1 or 2 runs.
Well, thats about it for now. If anyone wants to have more indepth info, just email me. http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif :P
I made the mistake of trickle charging my batteries. At first, no problems were evident. After 5-6 charges the batteries only had full punch for about 1 minute. Fear not, the batteries live! If you made the mistake of trickle charging, then just recharge your batteries at about 5-6 amps, if you have a charger with the ability. After a few charges through my batts, they regained their performance.
The speed control you use also makes a big impact on you batteries. You MUST use a high quality ESC(electronic speed control). I used my dual 3000 mah batts in an RC10T3 Factory Team car with a Futabu MC330CR ESC. The motor I was using was an Orion Chrome Stock RS. The car had lots of punch, and the batteries and motor ran super cool(for their standard anyway). When i used these batteries with a Novak Fusion, I found that the battery was very warm(above room temperature), and that the chassis where the battery lay was super warm. The motor was also impacted by this ESC, where it actually lit leaves on fire where the motor mount was. I saw smoke pouring from the top, and i stopped running my car. Now, this was in 35 degree weather, so imagine what will happen in summer?? The battery and motor were wo warm the slipper clutch was affected. My gearing ratio is 87/21, which is rather milled. My run time was about 25 minutes for each battery on the MC330CR, and about 24 on the Novak Fusion I used.
When you are finished using your batteries, lay them aside with no used of charging nor discharging for about 3 hours. After that time has passed (slow as heck, wasn't it???) charge your battery at 3.5 amps with no trickle charge. If, once again, you made the mistake of charging the battery with trickle charge, then repeak them with 5-6 amps for 1 or 2 runs.
Well, thats about it for now. If anyone wants to have more indepth info, just email me. http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif :P