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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 11/24/2006 2:50:05 PM   
Eagle Flyer


 

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Status: offline 		It's at the factory 1.1 I don't know what # these are rated at. Wouldn't that just change the discharge and charge capacity?

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 11/24/2006 4:02:27 PM   
Eagle Flyer


 

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Status: offline 		It finished out on both packs. Settings at;
2700 nimh, Charge 400 mah; peak sens. at 3mv; discharge cut off at 1.1 volts;
The new pack had for cycle 1, charge 2810 & discharge 2548
cycle 2 was, charge 2239 and discharge 2519
cycle 3 was, charge 2687 and discharge 2209
This new pack has been charged and discharged a couple times in my attempts to cycle it. They say to cycle a new one 5 times so I guess I need to do a few more yet.
The used pack,same size and type, came up with capacity of 3152. I only cycled it once and don't know the state of charge when it started as it came up with a capacity of 1307 and as you know when you cycle with this Elite it discharges first. I needed the pack today.

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 11/25/2006 5:46:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Using all the same settings except I put the charge rate back to 300 mah and it went to 1.5 C and still going. So I shut it down and set it back to 400 mah to cycle 3 more times. That was on the new pack.
I also have a Multiplex LN-5014. But haven't used it yet. It's still NIB. Just started reading up on it.

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 12/7/2006 6:09:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a similar problem. However, with all of m NiCds it works absolutely fine. My 600mah receiver packs would charge at the automatically set 250mah, peak detect, and be good. On my 600mah transmitter I had to lower the charge rate to 200mah because it kept shutting off early, but it was all good nonetheless once I changed that. However, not a single one of my NiMHs will work, and it's really ticking me off.

The NiMHs are 2 brand new 1600mah 4.8v hitec receiver packs and a 750mah 8.4v park flyer pack, and no matter what the charge rate or sensitivity, it will not detect peak. OK, it detected peak early the very first time I charged the receiver packs. However, those were undercharged. When I looked the next morning and checked their volts they had fallen off the scale. So I plugged them in again and let it auto set to 650mah. Well, it's not detecting peak anymore.

I just want to charge my friggin batteries. It's really upsetting me that my $25 Electrifly peak charger is better at charging than this thing. I'm not going to calculate these things at 2/3C or whatever. I'll just go back to my other charger if I can't make this thing WORK, for my NiMHs.

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 12/7/2006 8:12:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		I used the Multiplex and the Prodigy both to cycle some Nimh and Nicad packs. Did a 1100 Nicad reciver pack set to 100 mah charge and discharge and discharge cutoff at 1.1 per cell, or 4.4 per pack, and cycled it 5 times. Workd fine. Cycled a couple 2700 Nimh packs 5 times with them set at 300mah ( I think) might have been 400 and they both worked fine. Takes a long time though.

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 12/7/2006 8:33:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		So just cycle them? I can discharge on the Accu-cycle and charge on my electrifly peak charger several times if necessary. Is it that it takes a few cycles for the batteries to be able to reach the necessary voltage?

However, this doesn't explain why my 8.4v NiMH which has been through at least 30 cycles is not hitting peak. Could the Accu-cycle be defective? Should I try to send it back for a replacement?

....so frustrating....

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 12/8/2006 4:08:06 AM   
redroar


 

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Status: offline 		Well, it worked on one of my new receiver packs after another discharge. So that's good. Haven't tried my other receiver pack or park flyer pack. Wish me luck, but now I know it isn't defective at least.

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RE: Accu-Cycle Elite, Over time limit ??? - 12/14/2006 11:41:22 PM   
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Status: online 		Eagle...how are you making out with the Elite ? I just tried Geistware's formula for my 1650 tx pack and it worked perfectly..

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