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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good point!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am going slow and cautious. I actually have the
proper crimp tools to work on these things but I would rather buy the
appropriate adapters. I might find that I don't see that well
anymore!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far my electric experience has involved very
little flying but a lot of studying...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR> <BR>"All that is necessary
for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke<BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=lightfoot@sc.rr.com href="mailto:lightfoot@sc.rr.com">Jay
Marshall</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">'General pattern
discussion'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:56 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric
newbee question...</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also be aware that
you must ignore the color code and use a voltmeter to find the common (ground)
lead.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
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[mailto:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Ihncheol
Park</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:32
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> '</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">General
pattern discussion</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric
newbee question...</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is the
battery from Commonsense RC?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Depending on
connectors, some of them has wires just soldered to the pins and each one of
then can be carefully pull out of the connector. With a #11 blade tip,
you can also pull the wires out of the balancer connectors on some of
batteries</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You
should be able to find a balancer connector converter or can make them with
one female that fits on the pack and one male that matches the
charger/balancer you have.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ihncheol</SPAN></FONT></P>
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>John Ferrell<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:23
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NSRCA Mailing
List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[NSRCA-discussion] Electric newbee question...</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I bought a heli (Align-Trex
450) from one fellow that uses 3S-2100 mah LiPo's and an airplane from
another guy that uses the same batteries (ThunderPower).
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The balance connectors are a
little different in size but it appears to me that the wiring is exactly
opposite between the two. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is the common practice simply to
fabricate/buy an adapter cable to charge them?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Ferrell
W8CCW<BR> <BR>"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke<BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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