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Old 07-14-2004 | 09:08 AM
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i just bought a hobbytown .40 trainner and i was wondering what is the best way to charge \discharge them untill i can afford to get a charger\discharger? and dose any1 know how long the batterys should be charged with the charger the raidio came with ect ect. any help would be thankful
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Old 07-14-2004 | 11:55 AM
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i just bought a hobbytown .40 trainner and i was wondering what is the best way to charge \discharge them untill i can afford to get a charger\discharger? and dose any1 know how long the batterys should be charged with the charger the raidio came with ect ect. any help would be thankful
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Use a 12 volt light bulb from Radio Shack and a volt meter to tell when you get down to 4 volts, at which point you stop discharging.

Tell us your battery capacity in mah and your charger current rate in ma. Then we can calculate your charge time.

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Old 07-14-2004 | 12:25 PM
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my booklet says my batterys are 4.8 volts with 10.o mA drain ,, and my transmitter batterys are 9,6 volt with 180 drain ,, i hope this helps .

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That sounds like the power consumption of the receiver (no servos) and transmitter.

Is there anything written on the batteries themselves? The receiver would be 600 or 700 mah. The transmitter might be close to that as well. Your charger should have a sticker on it with how much current is can supply.

Let's say your battery is 600mah and your charger is 60ma.

Time to charge = (600/60) x 1.4 = 14 hours

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Old 07-15-2004 | 02:23 AM
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its 60ma

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