battery discharger

RC car fanatic

In 3 easy sentences.

(1)what it do?
(2)what it is?
(3)where it be gotten from?

Fallschirmjager

for nicd batts its better to discharge fully before recharging as it extends the life of your battery. dont think you have to do it with nimh, i know i dont

most good chargers have a discharge option...

i think that answers the 3 questions

ED E

Yeah, only really need it for Ni-Cd which suck so just stick with Ni-mh

davvowl

need a cheap battery discharger ? take a chassis fan from your old pc and directly plug your battery into it.
and its gonna refresh your battery at the same time

Jelly 292

need a cheap battery discharger ? take a chassis fan from your old pc and directly plug your battery into it.
and its gonna refresh your battery at the same time

lol, brilliant!! If I ever need to Im gonna do that:D

CrazyRabbit

Best battery discharger I've seen is a few hours shooting people at HRTA. Certainly the most fun method.

ambro25

http://www.unconventional-airsoft.com/projects/discharger.php

Lots of other fun stuff on that site.

Voodoomelon

Hee hee, nice tip! I just connected an 80mm Tornado, one of the most powerful PC fans you can get. My god the racket!

I'm gonna head out now for an hour, I hope it's done when i get back!

Voodoomelon

Holy crap, 2 hours later and its still going!

ED E

LOL, is it just me or do Pcs run on like 5v and below??? Thus isn't 8 gonna blow it?

davvowl

yeah its slow but the discharging is uninterrupted and regular, which is good for the battery, according to a friend who's into electronics

CrazyRabbit

davvowl wrote:

yeah its slow but the discharging is uninterrupted and regular, which is good for the battery, according to a friend who's into electronics

You need a bigger fan.

RC car fanatic

good one:D

davvowl

Voodoomelon

PCs operate on 3 primary voltages, 12v, 5v and 3.3v. 12v is supplied to essentially anything with a motor in it, such as fans, hard drives and optical drives like DVDs.

If you supply 12v to a fan, it will run at its full speed. If you supply 5v to it, it will spin at less than half speed. Hence applying 8.4v will just make the fan rotate at a slower speed than when connected to a 12v supply.

Plug

RC car fanatic wrote:

In 3 easy sentences.

(1)what it do?
(2)what it is?
(3)where it be gotten from?

You should know, you drive model cars:p

You can make your own, get them a tower hobbies either.

RC car fanatic

i dont use battery packs

ambro25

RC car fanatic's forthcoming mod: the world's first nitro-powered AEG :eek:

Single-use gearboxes, loike... but My Gawd, the ROF!!!!

Run for yer lives!!!

Gatling

Nitro Powered AEG ,get that patented could be worth a fortune

RC car fanatic

:Dand a twin exhaust

RC car fanatic

speaking about battery's and stuff.found this on google..Batteryspace.com.ships internationally aswell.

Plug

ambro25 wrote:

RC car fanatic's forthcoming mod: the world's first nitro-powered AEG :eek:

Single-use gearboxes, loike... but My Gawd, the ROF!!!!

Run for yer lives!!!

Thats a good idea!

ambro25

No it ain't.

Unless you don't mind advertising your presence to the OPFOR, of course

RC car fanatic

whats the opfor???

ambro25

OPposing FORce.

Meaning - with an AEG which sounds like a chainsaw, no point trying to infiltrate.

RC car fanatic

ah..thank you