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size=2>Thanks. I went to the website and printed off the FAQ for
NiMh. It looks good... I also printed off a page from Litco so I'm going
to compare them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Rcmaster199@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:39
PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: NIMH TX
pack<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Derek,<BR><BR>On Earl Haury's suggestion I bought my
first NiMH airborne pack from Radical RC in Georgia, about 2 seasons ago. The
fellow who runs Radical appears to really know his stuff. He is the real deal.
He has written a pretty good article (on his website)<BR>, regarding the care
and feeding of NiMH bats, that is worthwhile reading. <BR><BR>The key thing he
talks about is setting the battery capacity when the battery is new, uncharged.
He stresses to charge the battery at the 0.1C rate the first couple times. Thern
fast charging isn't a problem and is actually recommended<BR><BR>Earlier this
year I also bought the TX bat to go with the airborne. I followed that expert's
advice to the letter and have been very happy with the results, (some 70 chrge
cycles later on the airborne)<BR><BR>About the only thing I do now is place the
bats on charge on the SIRIUS Charger, on the way to the field, and by the time I
get there, they are charged (1000 ma charge rate)<BR><BR>Matt K<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>NIMH TX pack </B><BR>Date:10/9/2003 4:54:57 PM Eastern
Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net">derekkoopowitz@earthlink.net</A><BR>Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><I>Sent from
the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>I just ordered a new (replacement) TX NimH
battery pack from Cermark. It is a 1650mah pack. I've never had a
NimH pack before so I'd like to find out from the experts out there if there
is anything I need to do differently than a standard NiCad pack. Can I
use my Alpha 4 to charge it? I do have a Dymond charger that I can use
and I know that it does support NimH but I'd prefer to use the Alpha 4 because
of its AC/DC
versatility.<BR><BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>