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Old 12-03-2007, 07:16 PM
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what mA should i use to trickle my IB3600 6 cell battery?
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Old 12-03-2007, 07:37 PM
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i thought i rember hearing somewhere that you should trickle charge niMh? that was a while ago though
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Old 12-03-2007, 07:46 PM
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I think you mean you SHOULDN'T trickle NIMH's.
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Old 12-03-2007, 07:53 PM
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ORIGINAL: pede_kid

I think you mean you SHOULDN'T trickle NIMH's.
sorry, my mistake
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Old 12-03-2007, 08:10 PM
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really?
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Old 12-03-2007, 08:17 PM
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It would depend on why you want to trickle charge. Trickle might be anything from 360ma - 50 ma.
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Old 12-03-2007, 08:49 PM
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Never. You are better off just doing a full discharge and charge before the race.
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