So I've been into RCs for a little over a year now but its only been nitro up until now. Now I'm working on my first electric kit. One of the first things I've bought is the Duratrax ICE charger because several people recommended it to me. Only problem is I've read the manual and I don't understand half of what its talking about. I don't have LiPo yet but I started messing around with the charger to charger my NMiH RX packs.
I've reset it to factory settings and when I try to charge my brand new Losi 6V RX battery for my XXL. I know how to get it to run a change or a discharge and charge cycle but the vast majority of the settings there I don't understand what they do or what they are for? Are there any of them that I need to be particularly careful with changing? Are there any settings I should even bother to change from factory settings? One of the reasons I ask is because when I charge the aforementioned battery it only charges it to about 920-975 mah when the battery is supposed to be an 1100 mah. Am I doing something wrong or is it not uncommon to find that companies often exaggerate the capacity of their batteries?
Any better insight into the settings of the ICE charger would be much appreciated. Or if anyone know of a link that explains the various options in more detail that would be awesome too. I know this is kind of a PITA question you'll have to pardon my newbness.
I've reset it to factory settings and when I try to charge my brand new Losi 6V RX battery for my XXL. I know how to get it to run a change or a discharge and charge cycle but the vast majority of the settings there I don't understand what they do or what they are for? Are there any of them that I need to be particularly careful with changing? Are there any settings I should even bother to change from factory settings? One of the reasons I ask is because when I charge the aforementioned battery it only charges it to about 920-975 mah when the battery is supposed to be an 1100 mah. Am I doing something wrong or is it not uncommon to find that companies often exaggerate the capacity of their batteries?
Any better insight into the settings of the ICE charger would be much appreciated. Or if anyone know of a link that explains the various options in more detail that would be awesome too. I know this is kind of a PITA question you'll have to pardon my newbness.