dead cell?q

[mdrevo]

i have a 3300 pack from radio shack and i think it has a dead cell can i revive it or should i junk it..i only get about 1o minutes outta the pack

[SS Pede]

What makes you think you have a dead cell? Is the pack less powerful than normal? Bad run time can be caused by any number of things.

If there is a dead cell I doubt you can revive it. You could take the pack apart and salvage the good cells if you had any use for them though.

[Duster_360]

You can usually tell a bad cell when charging - it'll get hotter than others.

If thats not what is going on, your pac is prob expiring. If you can tell which one, you can just replace the bad cell and get your runtime from the pac back.

[mdrevo]

well the 3300 gets hotter than my 3000..or the 1500 1800

[SS Pede]

The whole pack gets hotter, or is there one part of it that's extra hot? Is the 3300 pack still fast when you drive with it?

[bigmike216]

what's the voltage of the charged pack?

[rccardude04]

How long does it take to charge and at what current settings?
Also, how many cycles?
What is the temperature like when it comes off the charger?
As was mentioned before, a dead cell will almost 100% of the time get MUCH hotter than the rest of the pack and much more quickly. If this isn't happening, then there's probably something else going on.
-Eric