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09-04-2010, 08:06 PM
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| Relaxed !   Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: On the road again !
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|  L.I.F.E. Batts
what's up with these things, hardly ay charger's out there for them and now because one came in my 4pk i now have to find a way to charge it! or go buy a new tx batt, my 6ex has an 11.1 butt you cannot use them in the 4pk!  and my 6 is down for repair so i have no radio till i charge that batt! Is there a way w/out the correct charger or do i just switch that one to lipo? any help is appreciated! Randy |
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09-04-2010, 08:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Golden Corral getting Fat
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what Charger or chargers do you have most of any newer will do these I have a life in the new 4pks and had one in the 4pk and it lasted for months on one charge how many hours on it?
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09-04-2010, 10:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Milwaukie OR
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Randy, You're wasting your time with that batt. Get ahold of me. A good Nimh is a great choice, and doesn't require any special charging. |
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09-04-2010, 11:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Surprise, Az
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I just picked up a hyperion 2080mah 2s lifepo4 battery for my 4pk...says on their site tx packs have a pcm chip and can be charged with the stock nimh tx charger or charger that can charge life batteries. People are reporting 16-18 hours with these packs compared to the 4-6 hours of the stock 1700mah nimh packs. Chris- is the the same chem as life packs? |
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09-05-2010, 12:03 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Shelter Cove
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I'm getting 3-4X the time with my l.i.f.e. in my Futaba 6-EX. My Triton Eq will charge every battery that "I" know of.
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09-05-2010, 01:56 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Queensland, Australia
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Im using a Ranktop 808 charger/balencer and it does LIPO,LiION & LIFE. To do it i have to go into the charger settings and change the lithium charge mode. But from what i've heard with life is they charge using the same cc/cv style charge as a lipo. So you might find someway of charge it of your current charger. But dont hold me to that, one of the battery gurus might be able to shine some more light on the subject. |
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09-05-2010, 08:10 AM
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| Relaxed ! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: On the road again !
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chris contacting ya soon! and i looked at a few dif things and my charger i have will work it just doe'snt cutoff at 6.6 soooo i will watch them for now and find a 7.4 |
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09-06-2010, 12:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Milwaukie OR
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Pretty much. Aside of voltage, they're generally very similar | |
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09-08-2010, 03:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Surprise, Az
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Charged the hyperion 4pk pack with the futaba charger that came with the 4pk...it fully charged the pack and is working fine. I have cheap $30 turnigy chargers and you have to go into the first menu to change the voltage cutoff from lipo to life. Used it to double check the pack after using the futaba charger and the pack only took 10mah more. |
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