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01-19-2009, 12:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: i think its called houston
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|  new elec. = no torque
Ok, so i just installed a new Rooster and a Elite 1500 2/3A pack (6 cell ax style from cheap batteries) into my wheelie king. My question is this... how long do you need to charge new batterys befor they have full power? I let this pack charge for a good 3-4 hours and it lasted all of >1 of run time? It would drive around on my carpet but when it touched anything to crawl over, would just stop  I put the battery on the charger this morning and will see how it acts after a full day of charging, but i wonder if the esc is draining it faster or what? any thoughts for this nooby  |
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01-19-2009, 02:40 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, ON. Canada
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a little info on the charger  |
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01-19-2009, 03:53 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Walnut Ridge, AR
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With my charger, Dynamite Vision peak ultra I charge my GP1100 6 cell @1.25 amps for about an hour and they are peaked. I would recommend buying a good Peak charger with adjustable amperage.  |
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01-19-2009, 07:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Idaho
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WOW, full day! Those are the same packs I run, they are a little short on speed with my Rooster Crawler and 65T motor, but they supply good power (30-45mins). I charge them with a Piranha Peak charger at 1 amp, it takes about an hour to charge the packs.
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01-19-2009, 09:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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3 to 4 hours? Yikes. Unless the charge rate was 500 mili-amps, you probably fried the cells.
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01-19-2009, 11:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chula Vista
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One of the guys from TCS explained to me the first 5 times of charging these batteries you should do it at .2 amps. Then you can go to 1.5amps
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01-20-2009, 06:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suburbs
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Yea...something is up with those cells. Either you fried them like Treday619 said or your charger is junk and giving a false reading. I would suggest upgrading your charger, something that has built in limits...such as cell size, time, charge rate, etc. My super brain works awesome. IT's the black one that is in 2 pieces. Worth every penny, plus it does lipos
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01-21-2009, 11:15 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: i think its called houston
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problem es solved. There was something wrong with my charger. Got a new one and worked 1st time.
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