Reciver batt.

[Tarant]

Does anyone know why my reciver batterys are dieing so quickly I just put fresh batts and after 1hour they were drained.
I am useing fresh new energizer batts.and they have never died this quickly. so unless u will give me a rechargable pack dont tell me I need one I am 16 and paying for a car so dont tell me I need a reciver pack please.

 

[MyJeep]

That is normal especially during cold weather.

Get a battery pack eventually will save you money from keep on buying AA batteries. Also, battery pack will give you longer run time.

 

[Rochellcommaj]

I can vouch for this one. My LST will eat four new alkalines in 2-3 tanks. That's in warm weather to boot. My cen touring car would start glitching after the first tank. I would get pissed thinking it was metal to metal or something, but it would always wind up being the bats. I haven't ran them in this cold weather yet, but I know cold temps kill bats quicker.

I couldn't seem to cough up the cost of a reciver pack for 20 bucks, and then another 34 for the charger like my lhs wanted. So I got creative and bought a new reciver pack and charger for a revo from ebay. It was a new pull item. I had to solder new connectors on it but It's all good and it charges fairly quick. Best part is it only cost me $25.00 shipping and all.

 

[vbgagnon]

Look up onlybatterypacks on ebay, $20 will get you a descent batt pack and a wall charger, believe me man its worth the $20, because if you don't invest in somthing good your going to eventually have a runaway, and those are engine killers. I know its not what you wanted to hear, but its the only way to go.

 

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

not only that .. but the 5 cell battery pack will give ya more power to your radio system and give ya more torq in your servos ... its a win , win , win situation ...

 

[tbbh-teacher]

umm my input it still shouldnt be gone after an hour but what you do is get a Digital volt meter and put it in series on one of the sides of the battery if negative side put the positive lead of the DVM to the battery and the negative side to the reciver and see if it drawing current and how much it is drawing

 

[M C STORM]

I use 4 AA Uniross 2300 miliamp rechargables and can charge them in a hour, would I be better off with a pack ?

 

[PlagueWulf]

If its cold where he lives, then one hour is a lot of run time with standard AA batteries. I used to run those a few weeks, and got almost 2 tanks worth (25-minutes) of action with Panasonic batteries, the weirdest part is that the transmitter batteries died not long after and the tx doesn't use a lot of power.

The batterypacks here cost 9 times what a pack of four AA`s (the cheapest ones available) cost, so you can see it will be worth it in a very short period of time (depending on how much you drive ofcourse). And as was said earlier, you will also get more power to your servos and an even amount of power during all but the very end of the discharge - unlike standard batts, and my battery pack last longer than I am willing to spend time outside in these temps.

Good luck, and get a reciever pack - only way to go!

 

[Rolex]

PlagueWulf, what are you paying for a 4 pack of Alkalyne batteries there?
In U.S. dollars. I no longer remember the exchange rate from Kroner.