Charging time?

[hotrodrob]

Does anyone know how long I should charge a new hump pack?I think I smoked the ofna one I have so I got a new one,...this is what I'm working with...
........tenergy 1600mah pack,
.......small wall socket ac adapter.output is 6v dc @200mah,

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[Greywolf74]

1600mah/200mah = 8hours
200mah is low enough that you could probably leave it for an additional couple of hours without really stressing the battery. It doesn't have to be exact and the battery isnt going to be completely dead when its hooked up so Id estimate 6-10 hours charge time would be fine.

 

[hotrodrob]

Thanx greywolf,so after my initial 8hr charge how long should I charge it when its low,5 hrs?

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[Greywolf74]

id say minimum of 6 but if you want to insure a full charge id leave it for a good 7-8 hours...it really boils down to how many mah were drained out of the pack which is typically an unknown.

 

[frickenjoey]

Also check on it ever so often as well and if it starts to get good and warm then you should go ahead and pull it off the charger. But yes for a full charge I would say 6-8 hours depending on how much was pulled out as Greywolf said

 

[hotrodrob]

Good stuff, I've done the Duracell thing for years and finally just got sick of buying AA so I bought an ofna pack with charger which worked great all summer and fall but then I forgot about it one night on the charger,good 15 hr charge I think smoked it,....also I have the old pack waterproofed pretty tight,is that ok?

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[Racer 1966]

I'd recommend you buy a better charger. They become very handy for other things around the house besides just your r/c stuff.

 

[hotrodrob]

I will deffinetely consider that but I Dnt even know where to start,the only charger I have is one for my trolling motor,could I use it?

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[Greywolf74]

Start with THIS and you'll find yourself charging practically everything you own with and it allows you to cycle packs which is required for NiCDs and beneficial to NiXXs in general. This is a relatively cheap charger that will even do lipos to a small extent. It will work great for you until you start getting up into the bigger cell lipo packs.