voltage and charging

[rockraven500]

Hey everyone, as of this christmas I am driving a used Traxxas Stampede. When i got it my uncle explained that im going to need a new charger, the charger he gave me was a AC/DC Digital Peak Charger by AstroFlightInc. model 115D, it's an old charger and it doesnt read the maximum battery level properly and only charges for a few minutes. He also got me a new battery, the Nuclear power 6 Cell, the batteries inside say enrichpower Ni-MH Rechargable 1800mAh. Also i found an old charger of mine that im using now, its a "4 hour quick charger" 9.6 Ni-CD, though ive only ever charged it for an hour at most. Is it safe to use this charger for the full 4 hours, is it safe at all? if not, whats a cheap charger i could look into?

[vonclod]

crc have a great charger does pretty much anything and its a good price..i cant remember the name now, i,m sure someone will log on and fill that info, ..dont charge your new batt with the ncd charger..different type of battery ., not sure how much you wanna spend?

[RFick73]

vonclod, is it the X-Charger that your thinking of?

I have one & The shop uses them.
They are very versatile, they have a built in balancer for LiPo but need an external power supply, which CRC also sells.

The best person to talk to for the batteries is Joeseph (npWave) @ CRC.
Or Brian (Admin)

[Admin]

Best bet is to buy a newer charger that will charge up your batteries properly.

Chargers start at around $39.99 and go up from there depending on the features and charging rate.

[DVO]

Yea... Don't use a NiCAD charger for NiMH packs... Unless it's for both, bad idea... And it's a 9.6V charger for a 7.2V pack... Another bad idea...

Brian and Joseph will hook ya up good... Tho' I'm surprised a 'Pede will run on a 2/3A pack without smoking or overheating something...