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<DIV>Gents, it has been stated before and always is worth repeating: one of the
best fast chargers for NiMH and NiCd is the Peak Electronics Sirius charger. It
plugs into the car's lighter socket and works at a couple charge rates, 500 and
1000 ma. It has built in detection and stops the charge when battery is fully
charged so no danger of overcharging with this charger. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ed's points below are on the mark. For more detailed information you should
visit Radical RC's website. Bob Thacker has much great info on care and
feeding</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/27/2006 6:41:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ed_alt@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yep, 1/10C would be 220 mA for your 2200 mAh
pack. To condition a NiMh pack when brand new, you do several
conditioning charges at 1/10C. You want to go a full 24 hours at 1/10C,
do a discharge to complete a cycle and repeat for a total of 3 or 4 full
cycles. This will generally get you to full capacity and also gets
the cells ready to accept higher rate charging and with the right charger,
they will then start to give a reliable indication of when they have
peaked. After these first conditioning charges, you do not want to
exceed about 16 hrs at 1/10C, though at 1/10C it's a low enough rate that
you're not going to damage it if you do go over. Anything higher
than 1/10C can shorten the life of the cells if repeated overcharging is
done. The higher the rate and the more time it is overcharged, the
faster the degradation can occur.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=mailto:divesplat@yahoo.com href="mailto:divesplat@yahoo.com">Ed
Deaver</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 27, 2006 12:57
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] NiMH
follow up</DIV>
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<DIV>OK, for us non-electical whiz bang guys, please explain the C
charge. I have heard it before and tried what was suggested on RCU
without success.</DIV>
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<DIV>My new NmHD pack is a 2200mah, 4 cell pack. To condiditon it
properly for first flights what should I do? </DIV>
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<DIV>Does 1/10 C mean charge at 220 mah for 16 hrs??</DIV>
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<DIV>THanx for the explanation.</DIV>
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