battery discharging.

weeder

whats the best way to discharge a battery? whats going beside me right now is the battery connected to an old motor from somthing, now chances are ittl probabaly burn out since its not geared on anything but ittl do for temporary solution what do you guys use?

the reason im discharging is becaus i wanna fully charge it for saturdays game.

Masada

connecting it to a motor is fine., dont recharge it untill friday though if your gonna need it for saturday.,

weeder

yeah cool, only takes 2-3 hours since its 450 MaH
i had planned on making a thread about it and my other battery before i started charging for the right times,

NakedDex

You can get proper dischargers for them but if you're at all tricky with a soldering iron you can make one fairly easily. All they are is a couple of connectors, a big ass bank of resistors and a heat sink.

iceage

If your looking for a cheap way of fully discharging you battery, attach an old pc fan to it.. does the trick a treat but might take some time.

bullets

This place is screaming for a Battery FAQ!
Is there anyone in the know willing to oblige?

I saw a discharger lately in the form/Shape of a grenade where you connected your battery to it which was pretty cool.
Cant remember where I saw it though.

Could someone post the ins and outs of batteries and how they
should be conditioned and discharged etc etc.

I know some need a deep discharge sometimes.

I know some give off heat while charging while others give off heat while
discharged.

Some have memory effect and some dont.

Some when charged have some 10% 20% 30% efficiancey thing-e-me-bob

And recently the Ni-cd's wont take too kindly to fast charging.

~B

weeder

lol motors still spinning along after more than 3 hrs

bullets

Feck can a mod sticky Naked Dex's info!
or at least include it in a newbie thread or something.
tis good information.

~B

o1s1n

bullets wrote: »

Feck can a mod sticky Naked Dex's info!
or at least include it in a newbie thread or something.
tis good information.

~B

Good idea alright. The post has been moved to the newbie sticky so it doesn't get lost.

NakedDex

If there are any other questions on them I'll do my best to answer them. My formal training is in aviation electronics but this incorporates general electronics so I can field any associated questions if anyone is confused about anything.

H.O.T.A.S.

You can always hook it up to a car light bulb. But for the sake of a tenner I just bought a guarder discharger the advantage is you get big to small batt connector that comes in useful