FilthyPierre
04-17-2006, 07:50 PM
Been a bit slack recently. I hadn't had a good session of R/C for ages, so over Easter I decided to rectify that.
I pulled out my XXX-T and my Fantom 3000 side-by-side packs. I put one on the charger to charge and then noticed the green goop on the bars connecting the cells. I checked the other 5 packs, and to varying degrees, they were all the same. The batteries themselves don't look too bad. I charges three packs and they seemed to run ok, although by the time i ran the last pack I think the comm on the motor was getting decidedly average - the truck only ran at half speed for about 1 minute before I stopped.
So, I've heard about the action of batteries where the green stuff creeps from the negative terminal along the wire. I've seen it on stick packs and other batteries where the wire to the negative terminal is all but corroded away. My battery bars still look ok, and the green stuff can be cleaned off, but I'm just wondering - are my batteries ruined or still ok? (or on the way out). Is there anything I can do to ressurect them? Six new sets of matched cells is going to cost me my first born male child, so I'd rather try save these ones first (and so would he).
A few charge/discharge cycles? Desolder, and resolder with new bars?
Any info much appreciated,
Cheers,
FP
I pulled out my XXX-T and my Fantom 3000 side-by-side packs. I put one on the charger to charge and then noticed the green goop on the bars connecting the cells. I checked the other 5 packs, and to varying degrees, they were all the same. The batteries themselves don't look too bad. I charges three packs and they seemed to run ok, although by the time i ran the last pack I think the comm on the motor was getting decidedly average - the truck only ran at half speed for about 1 minute before I stopped.
So, I've heard about the action of batteries where the green stuff creeps from the negative terminal along the wire. I've seen it on stick packs and other batteries where the wire to the negative terminal is all but corroded away. My battery bars still look ok, and the green stuff can be cleaned off, but I'm just wondering - are my batteries ruined or still ok? (or on the way out). Is there anything I can do to ressurect them? Six new sets of matched cells is going to cost me my first born male child, so I'd rather try save these ones first (and so would he).
A few charge/discharge cycles? Desolder, and resolder with new bars?
Any info much appreciated,
Cheers,
FP