Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

Anybody have any experience with this pack? I was looking through the battery packs at Tower Hobby and found this one to be the shortest pack over 4000mAH.

TIA,
Dan

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

I've used Trinity packs before, the 3000 packs last just as well as anything else. Let me know how the 5000 holds up if you buy one.

Greg

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

HI,can you run a henlong tank on a pack like that or will you cook the electronics on a henglong tiger 1s+s.THANKS FRANS

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

Hi Frans,
Running any battery powered machine, Car , Buggy, Tank, Aeroplane, Boat or Helicopter etc. will be fine with a battery pack like that. M/A or milliamps is a measure of capacity and by that I mean a 4000 ma battery pack has twice the capacity of a 2000ma pack. So theoretically you should get twice the running time with the larger pack as used in this example. Therefore in effect, you will not cook the electronics in your Tiger.
What you have to realise is that higher capacity cells are larger than lower capacity cells, so space might be a problem. Having said that a lot of people here remove the baterry box from their tanks to give them more room for higher capacity battery packs.

Hope this help.

Nick.

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

If I understand it correctly from reading the HL post on this forum, a 5000 mAH will not cook you electronics any quicker just by pulling it in. What CAN cook the boards is the uninterrupted longer run times vs. the short run time of the cheap stock battery. That's why you see so many heat sinks and fans.

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

Listen to gigantohawk his explanation is spot on. I just want to add, make sure it is a 7.2V battery pack.

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

ksoc is on the money: the larger capacity battery cannot kill your HL (batteries only supply whats needed), but by being able to run your tank for much longer periods than stock, heat will gradually buildup within it because its fairly sealed plastic "box" - With stock you get 30-45mins then goes flat, then it has a chance to dissipate the heat (once its off its no longer creating heat).

5000mah might last 3+ hours, so a better heatsink or fan to give additional cooling becomes necessary - basically they were never build to run for such extended periods.

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.I cooked to transistors on my tiger but its fixed now,went and bought another tiger 1 s@s both has got metalsprocket and tracks but one has got a lot of play on the left front drive.Metal gears both of them would love to respray one in the desert colors but unf no info any help out there ,thanks FRANS

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

If the sprocket moves a lot, pop the hub cap off and make sure the screw is done up tight. I use a spring washer to keep constant pressure, so it doesnt slip loose. Other possible solution (if the screw inside the sprocket is not loose) is shim 3rd gear of the gearbox, that tightens the output shaft eliminating any excess play.

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

HI.Can you charge a nimh battery with a nicad charger please help.Thanks frans

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

To a degree, but not properly - a NiCd charger charges for x certain amount of time, and since NiCds are much smaller capacity than most NiMh's, so the NiCd charger cuts out well-before the NiMh battery has reached it's charged state

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

Thanks wackyweelz how do you fix a rear idler on a hl tiger mine has got a lot of play on the right rear wheel

RE: Trinity Reference 5000mAH battery pack
 

NO Do not charge a nimh battery with a nicad battery charger the peak sensitivity is set much differnt and it will burn up your Nimh battery because they need a much lower MV setting than a nicad due to the chemistry of a nimh cell.