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02-25-2008, 02:06 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Liberty
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|  Discharging a NiMh Batt
Hi, I recently got some nimh batts and just a wall charger that takes 7.5 hours to charge one. I do have a nicd charger/discharger. Would I be able to use the discharge feature on that to discharge the nimh batts? The charger is a tower hobbies (420 I think...) It's the one that has the ac/dc feature on it. Reason I ask is I DO NOT want to ruin these new batts. They're the first NiMh batts I've EVER owned. Thanks -Tim |
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02-26-2008, 11:05 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Liberty
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anybody know the answer?.....help please
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02-26-2008, 11:16 AM
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First of all, why do you want to discharge NiMh batts anyway? They dont carry a "memory" like the NiCad batts do. Thats whats so great about them. So you can just charge them and leave them untill you want to use em. I hope this answered your question.
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02-26-2008, 11:20 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Liberty
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Yup, That answered my question, I didn't even know that about them. Thanks clod freak! -Tim |
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02-26-2008, 11:29 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Morgantown
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Sure thing, glad I could help!
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02-26-2008, 12:47 PM
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learn something new everyday glad i could learn that as well as i was going to ask the same question
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02-26-2008, 01:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: rochester (detroit area)
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just make sure you guys don't discharge ni-mh packs all the way like you could with ni-cd (basically don't run your truck until it'll barely move). that'll kill your new ni-mh packs quicker than anything. pull the packs out and recharge at the first sign of a performance drop. a few years ago i attached a bulb discharge harness to my first ni-mh pack. thank goodness it was a cheap sport pack, as it was toast after the first complete discharge. lesson learned.   |
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02-26-2008, 01:42 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte
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You can use the discharger if you wanted/needed to, but as already mentioned, it's not important for NiMh packs.
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