NIMH TX pack

[Ron Van Putte]

Tony Quist wrote:

>I use the Alpha to charge all my Nimh.  But I use c/10.  Most High capacity small size batteries were not meant to be fast charged.  If you used the alpha and the pack was the only one charging, it would be a 1 amp charge.  That is a pretty hot charge for that type of battery.
>

I have been charging the 1650 mah NiMH transmitter pack in my Futaba 9Z 
at 1 amp with an FMA SuperNova, using a NiMH preset mode,  for more that 
a year.  1 amp is only 0.6 C for that battery pack.  I have had zero 
problems with it.

Ron Van Putte

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>From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>On Behalf Of Verne Koester
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:38 PM
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: NIMH TX pack
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>Derek,
>I went to the Litco site and read all of their instructions on using the
>Alpha on NIMH packs and followed those instructions to the letter on my
>2000mah NIMH Tx pack. The pack got much hotter than I felt it should and
>I
>shut it down before it was finished. After checking with more
>experienced
>guys who had been using NIMH including feeling the temp of their packs
>at
>peak charge, I came to the conclusion that  the Alpha isn't suited to
>NIMH
>batteries. I bought a GP Titan charger and it works great. This isn't
>meant
>to slight the Alpha in any way since I've been using it on Nicads with
>great
>success for years. However, my experience indicates it isn't he best
>choice
>for NIMH.
>
>Verne
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derek Koopowitz" <derekkoopowitz at earthlink.net>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:54 PM
>Subject: NIMH TX pack
>
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>>I just ordered a new (replacement) TX NimH battery pack from Cermark.
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>It
>is a 1650mah pack.  I've never had a NimH pack before so I'd like to
>find
>out from the experts out there if there is anything I need to do
>differently
>than a standard NiCad pack.  Can I use my Alpha 4 to charge it?  I do
>have a
>Dymond charger that I can use and I know that it does support NimH but
>I'd
>prefer to use the Alpha 4 because of its AC/DC versatility.
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>
>>Thanks.
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