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Old 10-11-2009 | 02:28 PM
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well i have a 3000mah duratrax 6 cell battery. i set the charge a to 3.0a and than on discharger i put 1a rate and auto and than dchr/chr with 1 cycle. than it starts to charge and at the top where the volts are it say 8.6 volts. i dont know if its setp up wrong or what. please help!! what do i do. thanks
Old 10-11-2009 | 02:53 PM
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It sounds normal to me.
Old 10-11-2009 | 03:27 PM
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yeah i have a turnigy, its normal, the voltage fluctuates.
Old 10-11-2009 | 04:24 PM
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alright well im gonna try my orion 4500 7 cell cause my other battery is bad, thanks for the help guys.
Old 10-12-2009 | 12:13 AM
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nimh cells will read higher voltage than they are actually rated. I discharge them to 1.1 volts each, then charge. So my 6 cell pack goes from 6.6-7 volts to over 8.5 volts when fully charged (it's rated at 7.2 volts)

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