Trickle charging homemade hump pack...
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Hey boys(and girls)
Just made myself a hump pack with 5 x AA 2500 batteries, i bought a trickle charger for them, cant afford a propper charger yet, been spending to much on the car..!
For about how long should i let this charger charge the batteries for?
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFun...n&ItemID=14073
gonna run car to let the failsafe kick in to say the batteries flat, then about how long before i put the charger off, a rough idea would suffice , as i dont want to overcharge the batteries and ruin then..
thanks..
Just made myself a hump pack with 5 x AA 2500 batteries, i bought a trickle charger for them, cant afford a propper charger yet, been spending to much on the car..!
For about how long should i let this charger charge the batteries for?
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFun...n&ItemID=14073
gonna run car to let the failsafe kick in to say the batteries flat, then about how long before i put the charger off, a rough idea would suffice , as i dont want to overcharge the batteries and ruin then..
thanks..
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all too confusing for me, prob best off getting a propper charrger that will tell when the batteries are all done and stuff....
will give this one a go for the time being untill i screw these batteries up, got extras to make another pack with anyway...
oh well..
thanks tho
will give this one a go for the time being untill i screw these batteries up, got extras to make another pack with anyway...
oh well..
thanks tho
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Time for slow charge is usually 1.4 x 1/10 of the battery capacity. In your case that would be 250 mA for 14 hours.
It doesn't say how much current it will supply so I can't say how long it will take but use this formula to calculate:
Time [hours] = 1.4 x battery capacity/current
In your case: T = 1.4 x 2500/current
It doesn't say how much current it will supply so I can't say how long it will take but use this formula to calculate:
Time [hours] = 1.4 x battery capacity/current
In your case: T = 1.4 x 2500/current
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