Battery issue

[Hyster]

Hey, I have a battery that's about 3 years old now but has only had about 6 complete runs all the way through ( that's until it looses charge). It's a 7 cell NiMH 4600mAh from Duratrax. When I hook it up to my charger now, my Super Brain 977 gives an error. Does this mean that the battery is no good or my charger is shot?

 

[hamz9561]

It probably means that the pack has a bad cell.

 

[Hyster]

It probably means that the pack has a bad cell.

err.... crap, that sucks

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What are the best and cheapest NiMh you can get out there that are 7 cell?

 

[Lessen]

best and cheapest should almost never be used in the same sentence.

Is that charger very adjustable? You could attempt to charge it at a very low rate.

I'm currently working on "bringing back" a number of Nimh packs. Car packs and Rx packs. I have a pair of IB5000 packs that got overdischarged but I've managed to get one to take a charge at .1A with a 25mv cutoff. It's been going for 28 hours now. about 2 more days to go

 

[Hyster]

Well, no big worries as far as my battery goes. I went to Hobbytown USA and tried the charger they had there ( don't remember the name of it but it looked high end with balancer inside). They hooked it up and my battery started taking a charge. I took it home and hooked it into my Super Brain 977 and it actually started charging. I guess my SB 977 won't see a battery connected if the charge is so low. It's good news anyways