Originally Posted by
JohnBuckner
If anything is a dud it is not your battery it is the use of some vintage charger. I seriously think there is nothing wrong with your Nimh pack. First enough already with all the cycling especially since your not even fully charging your Nimh pack properly. The proper first charge for your 2000mah Nimh pack should be 200mah and fourteen to sixteen hours. Not 125mah, I doubt you are fully charging your pack.
John
Originally Posted by
coyote731
I think you`re right,this charger is about 10 years old and I think it just isn`t charging long enough. I`ve got a phone charger that is 200ma, I can put a lead that will fit my batt. and charge for 10 to 12 hrs and that should do it, any suggestions?
Mr. Buckner , in a very polite way , was tryin to tell ya here that when it comes to batteries , you really can't cheap out , you've gotta get a good modern charger designed specifically for the packs you'll be charging . The man tells you that you need a proper dedicated hobby battery charger , and then you come back asking about a rigged up homebrew phone charger ? My answer would be No , it likely won't have the appropriate charge profile and if your at all serious about the RC hobby picking up a decent battery charger should be a "no brainer" , since every RC you own will have one type or another battery needing to be charged . A good modern "multi chemistry" charger will be the best new addition to your RC collection and is only something you'll need to buy once for all the RCs you'll be using , for at least the near foreseeable future (ALL tech goes obsolete after a while , even my trusty ol "Astro" charger that I keep as a display unit only) .......