How to revive nicad's

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Though I would need a charger per pack, 3 packs so 3 chargers?

[jonny]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Most people just use 1 charger for there a123s i beleive.

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Split it off too allow for 3 feeds of a single charger?

[blazerbotics]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Dont charge your batteries in parallel. Everyone i know whos running A123s is running seperate chargers, dont see any other way to balance them.

Those NiMh wont deliver anywhere near enough current, probably only 40amps, so you would be looking something like 6 packs of 24v (so 18 packs altogether) to get any usable current out of them.

If weight isn't an issue i would stick to SLAs, much easier.

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Have to find some good scales and see if weights an issue then

[terry]

Re: How to revive nicad's

the behemoth guys charge their a123's while they are in paralell, dont see how it can balance properelly.

[typhoon_driver]

Re: How to revive nicad's

lol balancing A123s. I never bothered when I ran them in hornet. Rewired that battery pack up in parallel since and charge it like that with no issues at all. Just gotta make sure they're balanced when you make up the pack.

[Mouldy]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Because your a123's were really reliable Gary? lol

A123's suck, go lipo or go home

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

I would go lipo but currently banned in HW's

[leorcc]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Because your a123's were really reliable Gary? lol

A123's suck, go lipo or go home

Hannibalito 3 has been running A123 since 2007 and not a single problem with them.

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

So I could charge 3 packs off one charger? Trying to figure out what can be done here so I can decide what too sell

[mattsdragons]

Re: How to revive nicad's

just trying to clarify if it can be done, if so may put some stuff up for sale tonight

[terry]

Re: How to revive nicad's

Send a message to kane, I'm sure behemoth charge 4 packs in paralell, at about 30 amps !

[typhoon_driver]

Re: How to revive nicad's

the A123s were fine dave. It was stalling a mag on them that caused that pack to blow.