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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ace Smart charger is a copy of the Sirius
charger...it was designed for Nicad and Nimh batteries. The only concern when
using Nimh batteries is not to charge them at C...meaning if its a 1650mah pack
don't stick 1.65amps in it...you will be fine...You can use a Ace smart charger
or the wall chargers.....Now the wall chargers or you digipace are designed for
4 cells and not 5..This only has one factor to take into consideration. The wall
chargers will charge the 5 cell packs just not in the regular time...it takes a
little longer than 16hrs to full charge a dead pack....The way the chargers work
is they are designed around an expected internal resistance inside the
battery...that resistance goes up by 25% when using a 5 cell pack....soooooo
what happens there is a higher voltage drop over the battery than the charger is
expecting...But if you check the voltage coming out of the wall chargers you
will find it is much higher than the battery voltage anyway.....so don't swat it
just realize what you are doing...Smart charge type devices are the absolute
best for charging anyway....I use my Sirius Pro charger for everything and use
it instead of the wall most of the time....Its rare I charge at a wall outlet
once a month and that's flying 5-6 days every week.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently using 1650 nimh batts in all my
pattern models. Hangar 9 also makes a charger called the Perfect Peak...its the
same thing as the Sirius and Smart charge. It has a beeper in to tell when its
done.....But I actually leave the packs on the Sirius all the time....I have
packs lasting a couple years of hard flying....I'm talking 600-900 flights a
year....Been using the Nimh now for the 3rd year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Troy Newman</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rdorsett1@triad.rr.com href="mailto:rdorsett1@triad.rr.com">Royce
Dorsett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: What NiMH 6.0V battery
charger do I need?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I use my Accu-Cycle...... I
have had no problems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Royce</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=kessler@kingwoodcable.net
href="mailto:kessler@kingwoodcable.net">Steve & Cindy Kessler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What NiMH 6.0V battery charger
do I need?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I recently purchased a Hobbico HydriMax NiMH
6.0V 1650mah battery for use in my Smagard. What is the best charger
to use for this battery? Will either my JR NEC-222 charger, my ACE
smart charger or my ACE Digipace III charger work? All of these
chargers are normally used for my standard 4.8 V 1400mah NiCad
batteries.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
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