streetracer745

what motor and esc you have? and what battery?

fusebmx13

i have this motor
[link]http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCUP8&P=ML[/link]

stock (xl5) speed control

and this battery
[link]http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXNCR2&P=ML[/link]

fusebmx13

i really need some front rpm carriers and bearings haha i bought the backs cause i broke the stock ones but i never bougt the fronts yet.

also a new bumper. i broke that going full speed at a rustler. both rpm bumpers shatterd lol i wish i had it on video. there are still a couple pieces in my yard.

streetracer745

dang you pulled a wheelie on 18/86 with a 15t? wait are you on the new slipper or the old one with pegs?

fusebmx13

the new one set 2 turns out (which is a lot)

smartone

heres some pics of my stampede....
Any ideas for a battery hold-down or strap since my brother decided to chop out the part that holds the battery..

fusebmx13

okay i am very scared right now lol. my battery is leaking acid and it is hissing. probly not good for the first charge am i right lol. back to the store for you piece of S****

streetracer745

yeh thats not good at all. what was your charging rate and how long was it on for? you either way overcharged it/charged on way to high of a rate, your charger is fried, or it was a bad battery.

streetracer745

and you can just get the original battery hold down. it will be cheapest. oh and fuse, you said it was able to pull a wheelie and all when you first got it? that being said, chances are it was charged already unless you ran it untill it didnt have good power. that being said, you probably did overcharge it and blow a cell

fusebmx13

yea i think i overcharged it but how? i was charging it a 2.5 amps and it was on for a while but it was cool until the last 5 to 10 minutes. how do you know if you overcharge your cells? please help. now i dont know if my charger is messed up or not.

streetracer745

what kind of charger do you have? thats the biggest thing i need to know. what kind of rates CAN you charge it at. and you said 2.5A for the first charge? how long was it on the charger? and did you run the battery untill it was almost dead or not?

fusebmx13

first the charger is a duratrax piranah
second the highes i can go with it plugged into the wall is 3 amps
i had it on nimh, 2.5 amps, 7mv/c, 4200 mah
it was on the charger about an hour maybe more maybe less.
um i ran the battery until it started to feel a little less in power and then i stopped. it was mostly a test.

fusebmx13

please tell me what to charge at and how long and everything.

what do you guys do?

what do you do for the first charge? i have no idea anymore lol

fusebmx13

could it also be because it was a little tight on the sides in my chassis?

streetracer745

i think you over charged it... what kind of piranah. there are like 10 different styles... i would set it up to charge normal. but instead of running the full 3A since that battery should take up to 4A fine. run it on 1A the first charge and just charge it really slow. does your charger not have auto shutoff?

fusebmx13

i really dont know, it is a peak charger. do you think the lhs will take it back?

fusebmx13

i think it was really the battery because i have done this same charge method with my other batts and they worked fine for months.
i dont know. i am just going to return it and get a new one. i dont know if i should get the same battery or try a different one.
also would my chassis squeezing the battery be a problem?

streetracer745

umm. i wouldnt think it would cause a problem. but it depends on how tight it was. if you had to force the battery into the cahssis, then yes thats a problem. i have personally had great success with my DTX packs. but they are both stick and not Side by side. the stick fits into the chassis perfectly. i would try to trade in and get the stick pack. also, do you have any rocks or twigs or anything in the chassis, because one might have pierced one of the cells...

fusebmx13

nope no twigs or rocks. and it wasnt like i was standing on the truck to get it in lol. it was a gentle push and it was in. yea i might try to get a stick pack. i might have to wait a little while till they get it in though.
i also like the stick packs configuration a little better. my brother has some off name brand one and it has been running strong all its life lol it has pretty much no writting accept for 4200 mah 7.2v nimh thats it.

streetracer745

i personally love my sticks. might have been the pack itself. were your other packs 4200 or higher in mAh? because 4200 is pushing the limits of these cells, so when you overcharge them they seem to go pretty fast. maybe you should look into the DTX 3800 packs instead?

fusebmx13

yea i thought about a 3800 also maybe i might get that, i dont know but i know that i wontbe driving another week cause i have to special order it probably. i might just look into a battery that they have there for now.

streetracer745

yeh if they carry it, then chances are its a good are atleast decent pack, so trade yours in for whetever good stick they have in that sells for a similar price

fusebmx13

but do you think its my charger?
and what would you charge the first time for one of those 3800 stick packs?

streetracer745

i personally did all of my nimh packs at 1A for the first charge. does yours not have an auto cuttoff? if it does have an auto and you blew the pack by overcharging, then its your charger, or else its the pack. do you have any other batteries you could put on there. just some cheapo old one?

fusebmx13

yea well i just charged my 7 cell the other day but it charged to 4200. i dont know if it is the charger or not. the directions dont say anything about a cuttoff. but the battery didnt charge all the way. the one that started hissing right now only charged to 3800. around there