Hi All,

Just would like to get opinions and options for field charging. I have a Triton charger and need advice on the best way to power it at the field. Some suggest cigarette lighter plug. Others 12v lead acid battery. I have 2 NiHM 2600 subC packs and I would like to be able to charge 1 while the other is in use. Would I need a 12v car battery or would a motorcycle battery work. I probably would only need to recharge each pack say twice giving my a total of six flights. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
RotorWing

I use a 7 amp hour lead acid 12 volt that works fine, I have a friend that uses a 12 volt marine battery with no problems. I dont think you should have and problems with a motorcycle battery.

Field chargers are designed to be connected to 12V power sources. As long as the power source is clean DC, and somewhere in the range of 11 Volts to 14 Volts, it'll work fine. You can't get any cleaner than a lead-acid battery as far as a source of DC current goes.

The bigger the battery, the more field charges you can get without having to recharge it. A small 7Ah sealed gel cell or a motorcycle battery will charge a few small park flyer batteries before it goes flat, but you need a large deep cycle marine battery for heavy-duty charging.

Thanks guys,

That's just the info I was looking for

RotoWing

I have a Triton also. I was using a 7AH gel cell at the field but killed it after a short time. I decided on a lawn tractor 12 volt battery $25. from the auto parts supply store and a car battery charger also $25. Besides the fact that I am charging a battery to charge a battery, it lasts a long time between charges, I use it at home instead of buying a regulated power supply (good ones are not cheap) and I have the car charger in case the car battery goes low. Also as was stated above it a very stable source of power for the Triton.

Yes the 7mah batteries we often use when flying glow will just no last very long. One thing I learned about the Triton it will not accept anything over 15 volts...I found this out when I bought my Triton and hooked to my PS I got a voltage error screen...then I remembered i tuned the PS up to 16 for another project.