Smart Nimh battery

[Ritz413]

I got 1 of these with my arrma fury.

The nimh batteries from way back never had a balance lead on them. Is there any harm in cutting off the current connector and swapping it to a deans plug not using the balance lead?

 

[WRM]

I got 1 of these with my arrma fury.View attachment 269955
The nimh batteries from way back never had a balance lead on them. Is there any harm in cutting off the current connector and swapping it to a deans plug not using the balance lead?

It looks like you gain features when using a Smart charger and you don't have to use a smart charger (like the LiPOs), but I think I'd prefer to solder up an adapter cable (EC-3 to Deans) in case I wanted to use the Smart features down the road?

 

[Ritz413]

It looks like you gain features when using a Smart charger and you don't have to use a smart charger (like the LiPOs), but I think I'd prefer to solder up an adapter cable (EC-3 to Deans) in case I wanted to use the Smart features down the road?

I will probably just make an adapter. I think on the nimh battery the balance wire may just be a circuit that identifies it as a nimh battery for the smart charger. Everything is automatic.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

I will probably just make an adapter. I think on the nimh battery the balance wire may just be a circuit that identifies it as a nimh battery for the smart charger. Everything is automatic.

I got one of them with a granite I got my daughter, I chopped it off and put xt 60 and just heat shrunk the wire end. Really have no intention of ever “upgrading” to smart system

Whoops forgot the pic

 

[Ritz413]

I got one of them with a granite I got my daughter, I chopped it off and put xt 60 and just heat shrunk the wire end. Really have no intention of ever “upgrading” to smart system View attachment 269979

Whoops forgot the pic

Good stuff...I have a smart charger for reasons unrelated to this battery. And a use for this battery unrelated to smart tech.

 

[WRM]

I didn't know much about Smart batteries/chargers until I bought a pair of them as the first packs for my 1/8 EB, and discovered that I couldn't use the (non-SMART) charger I bought to charge them. Due to the IC-5s, I put EC-5s on the ESC and made an EC-5 to Bullets cable to use my other batteries.

I think the only purpose of that smart feature on an NiMH would be to set the optimal charging rate (and retain history), so if not important, certainly swap them out.

 

[Ritz413]

I didn't know much about Smart batteries/chargers until I bought a pair of them as the first packs for my 1/8 EB, and discovered that I couldn't use the (non-SMART) charger I bought to charge them. Due to the IC-5s, I put EC-5s on the ESC and made an EC-5 to Bullets cable to use my other batteries.

I think the only purpose of that smart feature on an NiMH would be to set the optimal charging rate (and retain history), so if not important, certainly swap them out.

I have a good quality hitec charger I use for most stuff. Manually program settings for any battery with or without independent balance leads. Not a fan of the all in 1 integrated ic3/5 system

 

[Ritz413]

It's a good start....but now the battery doesn't fit in the battery tray. One thing at a time I guess....