Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-08 Thread Dan Kitching

Hi Kent,

FWIW, I've always received excellent from the Hill's at 
www.battlepack.com. Steve is a great guy who keepss us high current guys 
in the loop with what's working well and what's not.


Dan

Kent Miller wrote:


I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-07 Thread Bruce DeVisser
Hi Kent,

I've had great service and support from Diversity in San Diego - try
www.flydma.com.

Bruce DeVisser
SBSS



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To: Soaring@airage.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Batteries??



 I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I
have
 been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
 service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
 tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
 basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help
would
 be appreciated on another GOOD source.



 Thanks,

 Kent Miller
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RE: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-06 Thread Rob Davis








A guy broke off from SR Batteries and is
doing the same quality work at a little lower price. The place is
nobsbatteries at http://www.hangtimes.com/nobsbatteries.html
. Ive had good experiences with him. Radical RC is also very
good.



Rob











From: Jim Laurel
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005
11:42 PM
To: 'GRW'; 'Kent Miller';
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Subject: RE: [RCSE] Batteries??





Glenn,

Have you really had good experiences with
them? Ive placed two orders. The first order, for some
Lipoly packs that puffed for no apparent reason. Actually, one puffed
before I ever even hooked up a connector, just sitting in a box!



The second order was for some custom
shaped NiMh RX packs. I drew up a Visio diagram showing the
configuration, where I wanted the wire to exit, how I wanted the strain relief
done. I got packs with no strain relief, the wire coming out of the wrong
end of the pack, and a really sloppy shrinkwrap job. When I called them
about it, they said to send them back and this time to please provide a
diagram. Go figure.



Never ordered from them again



--Jim











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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005
5:59 PM
To: Kent Miller;
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Batteries??







Try www.cheapbatterypacks.com





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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Jeff Steifel

Well, TX and RX Johnny Berlin For motor packs... ask him..

Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kent Miller wrote:


I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
SBSS

 



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RE: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Andy Thonet
Hi Kent,

Here's a great outfit that I use on a regular basis with great service and
batteries.

http://www.cermark.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

Andy

-Original Message-
From: Kent Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:57 AM
To: Soaring@airage.com
Subject: [RCSE] Batteries??


I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
SBSS

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Anthony O'Hara

Hi Kent
I recently switched from Batteries America to cheapbatterypacks.com on the 
recommendation of a very active  experienced(particularly in electrics!) 
club member-Lenny Keer whom I'm sure many of you know!
I have only used them twice so far however, there service is excellent (even 
a custom pack only took 4 days), their prices low and their Gold Peak 
cells/batteries (at least the NiMH) are the best I have used so far 
particularly for sustained high power output!

Regards
Tony RMSA
Colorado
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To: Soaring@airage.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Batteries??




I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I 
have

been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help 
would

be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
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RE: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Lydon, Matthew (NBC Universal)
Title: RE: [RCSE] Batteries??





Maxamps.com has shown me superlative customer support. They're geared towards motor packs, but also do receiver packs, and I think will build whatever you want.

Give 'em a try.


Matt


-Original Message-
From: Kent Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:57 PM
To: Soaring@airage.com
Subject: [RCSE] Batteries??



I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.




Thanks,


Kent Miller
SBSS


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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Mark Miller
Batteries America (Mr. Nicad) here in Wisconsin had a
fire about two months ago which totally destroyed the
interior of the building and it's contents. They are
about a mile from me and I drove by awhile back to
look. I saw no signs of activity. Probably working out
the insurance if there waqs any.  I do not know what
their plans are for the future.

Mark Miller

--- Kent Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx
 and motor packs. I have
 been using batteriesamerica and have become totally
 disgusted in their
 service and attitude. I placed an order for four
 packs and some shrink
 tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6
 different times and was
 basically shined on by everyone including the owner.
 BAD BAD. Any help would
 be appreciated on another GOOD source.
 
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 Kent Miller
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Vince Herman
Hi Kent,
I have had very good results going through Bishop
Power Products for the flight batteries for many
different models.
www.b-p-p.com
Vince

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Bill Swingle

have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude.


How sad. This is surprising to me. Anyone else experienced this poor 
service?


Bill Swingle
Janesville, CA


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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread RCSoaring


I've also had several very bad experiences with those people. Most recently, I called about a batch of batteries that weren't peaking to spec. I wasn't asking to send them back, I only called to let him know that he might want to check his stock. He replied with something very rude and hung up on me. If you're particular about batteries, I'd stay away from that place.

- Steve


Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread miamimike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

I've also had several very bad experiences with those people. Most recently, 
I called about a batch of batteries that weren't peaking to spec. I wasn't 
asking to send them back, I only called to let him know that he might want to 
check his stock. He replied with something very rude and hung up on me. If 
you're 
particular about batteries, I'd stay away from that place.

I'm guessing that you mean Batteries America, but I'm not sure. If you're not
going to quote the post you're replying to, you really ought to at least be
specific about who those people and that place are. There's no easy way
to tell from what you wrote above.

Mike
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RE: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Jim Laurel
Kent,
Here are my two best sources for batteries.  Neither of these sources are
the cheapest, but they offer the best quality workmanship and customer
service in my experience.

1) For TX and RX packs, talk to Steve Anthony, owner of NoBS Batteries.
He is super helpful and will make up custom packs to your specs.  There IS a
difference in pack quality and Steve's are among the very best.
http://hangtimes.com

2) For RX and motor packs, I often go to Steve and Sarah Hill at Robotic
Power Solutions.  They are very nice people and Steve will make up anything
you want.  The quality of his pack construction is excellent.  Their
customer service is outstanding.
http://battlepack.com/

Good Luck,
--Jim Laurel
Seattle Area Soaring Society


-Original Message-
From: Kent Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:57 AM
To: Soaring@airage.com
Subject: [RCSE] Batteries??


I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
SBSS

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Michael Conte


Diversity Model Aircraft  FLYDMA.com

The website isn't that great, just give them a call and they are 
wonderful to deal with.  They were genuinely concerned with getting me 
the maximum capacity batteries in the cramped places I was shoehorning 
them into.  I also got a 10 cell 3700mAh Zapped pack for a very fair 
price.  The shipping was very fast too!


Mike
Las Vegas, NV

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Albert E. Wedworth

GEEZ MIKE !
I figured it out... What's your PROBLEM!!!
Haven't flown lately I guess or to freaked out about Hurricanes coming into 
you area.

Relax Man.

Oh;  Buy the way Thanks for the info Kent!
It's always nice to hear what the Venders are up to and how they treat us as 
customers..

Again, Thanks


Albert E. Wedworth ( AL )
former Bag Lady
Cell  530-228-9445
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread George Joy

Kent,
 I have been using both Radical RC in Ohio, and Diversity Model 
Aircraft in San Diego.


At 09:56 AM 10/5/2005 -0700, Kent Miller wrote:


I am looking for a good battery supplier for Tx, Rx and motor packs. I have
been using batteriesamerica and have become totally disgusted in their
service and attitude. I placed an order for four packs and some shrink
tubing over a month and a half ago, called 6 different times and was
basically shined on by everyone including the owner. BAD BAD. Any help would
be appreciated on another GOOD source.



Thanks,

Kent Miller
SBSS

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread GRW
Try www.cheapbatterypacks.com--Glenn W.Tri-Cities, Wa
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread RCSoaring

The original posting was about batteries america. My post was a reply to that post


Re: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread miamimike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

Mike,
Having replied to a post that showed concerns about only one company, I'm 
surprised that you were confused about what company I was referring to. Please 
send me a list of the other companies you thought I might have meant, and I'll 
pick out which one I meant for you.

- Steve

That's a rather odd message, considering that I specifically acknowledged
that you were probably talking about Batteries America.

By the way, there's something different about your email headers that you
might want to know about. Most of the follow-up posts here have either an
In-Reply-To: or a References: header, but your posts have neither. For some
email clients this can cause your follow-up messages to appear all by
themselves, which is what happened in my case. On my email program, I had to
reluctantly activate enable threading by subject to get your messages to
appear along with the rest of their respective threads.

I should also add that many here have complained that they don't always
receive all of the RCSE messages. That's another reason why it's good
practice to always quote the text you're replying to, and to never assume
that your readers will see on their screens the same list of posts in the
same order that you see on yours. It might work okay on web-based forums like
RCGroups.com, but you can't depend on it here.

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RE: [RCSE] Batteries??

2005-10-05 Thread Jim Laurel








Glenn,

Have you really had good experiences with
them? Ive placed two orders. The first order, for some Lipoly packs
that puffed for no apparent reason. Actually, one puffed before I ever even
hooked up a connector, just sitting in a box!



The second order was for some custom
shaped NiMh RX packs. I drew up a Visio diagram showing the configuration,
where I wanted the wire to exit, how I wanted the strain relief done. I got
packs with no strain relief, the wire coming out of the wrong end of the pack,
and a really sloppy shrinkwrap job. When I called them about it, they said to
send them back and this time to please provide a diagram. Go figure.



Never ordered from them again



--Jim











From: GRW
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005
5:59 PM
To: Kent Miller;
Soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Batteries??







Try www.cheapbatterypacks.com





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Tri-Cities, Wa







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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread Doug McLaren
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:57:14AM -0800, Jack Suder wrote:

| Question for today
| 
| What happens if you charge a NMH battery with a NiCad charger?

Western civilization as we know it fails.  Some will argue that this
has already happened.

| What happens if you charge a NiCad battery with a NMH charger?

Eastern civilization as we know it fails.  Again, some feel that this
has already happened.

| If you use the wrong charger does it do any damage to the battery pack?

Seriously, the difference between how NiMH and NiCd batteries are peak
charged is that NiMH cells have a smaller peak.  So if you use a NiCd
charger on NiMH cells, it may `miss' the peak and keep charging even
after it's full.  Or it may not -- it depends on how sensitive it is.
Overcharging at a high rate is definately very bad, and will destroy
the pack quickly.

If you use a NiMH charger on NiCd cells, the peak will be larger, so
it'll probably be just fine, though it might stop before the battery
is completely charged.  Most NiMH chargers work fine with NiCd
batteries too.

Everything I just said is about peak chargers.  If you're talking
about a slow charger, the sort where it just puts C/10 or so into the
battery, nothing bad will happen.  NiMH cells will probably take
longer to charge, having more capacity and a higher self discharge
rate, but beyond that there's no issues.

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread George Joy
Jack,
 The problem here  is NiMH cells, nothing will happen to NiCd cells, 
in fact a NiMH charger is better for the NiCd cells than is a NiCd charger 
because it has a more sensitive overvoltage detect.
 All chargers except the Sirius charge line use Delta peak detection, 
in other words they all overcharge the cells to find a peak. OVERCHARGE is 
the number one killer of ALL batteries.
 The Sirius Charge line is the only PEAK PREDICTION charger on the 
market. It is the SAFEST there is for both NiCd and NiMH cells, PERIOD.
 If you or anyone would like a deeper discussion of battery 
maintenance, I can be reached @ 800-532-0092.
Smooth Landings
   George

At 09:57 AM 1/24/2005 -0800, Jack Suder wrote:
Question for today
What happens if you charge a NMH battery with a NiCad charger?
What happens if you charge a NiCad battery with a NMH charger?
If you use the wrong charger does it do any damage to the battery pack?
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread Doug McLaren
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:57:13PM -0700, George Joy wrote:

|  All chargers except the Sirius charge line use Delta peak detection, 
| in other words they all overcharge the cells to find a peak. OVERCHARGE is 
| the number one killer of ALL batteries.
|  The Sirius Charge line is the only PEAK PREDICTION charger on the 
| market. It is the SAFEST there is for both NiCd and NiMH cells, PERIOD.
|  If you or anyone would like a deeper discussion of battery 
| maintenance, I can be reached @ 800-532-0092.

You wouldn't happen to be related to the George Joy that's the
President of Peak Electronics, who bought Sirius Electronics a while
back, would you? :)

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread Ed Jett
I believe he is one and the same.  I admit he seems a little prejudiced 
here, but we have a man that believes in what he sells and stands behind his 
product.  I wish I had some of his chargers.  I will have just as soon as I 
get tired of these peak chargers killing my packs.  That won't be long, I'm 
almost there already.

Ed Jett
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From: Doug McLaren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: George Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Jack Suder [EMAIL PROTECTED]; RCSE Soaring@airage.com
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers


On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:57:13PM -0700, George Joy wrote:
|  All chargers except the Sirius charge line use Delta peak 
detection,
| in other words they all overcharge the cells to find a peak. OVERCHARGE 
is
| the number one killer of ALL batteries.
|  The Sirius Charge line is the only PEAK PREDICTION charger on the
| market. It is the SAFEST there is for both NiCd and NiMH cells, PERIOD.
|  If you or anyone would like a deeper discussion of battery
| maintenance, I can be reached @ 800-532-0092.

You wouldn't happen to be related to the George Joy that's the
President of Peak Electronics, who bought Sirius Electronics a while
back, would you? :)
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread Brian Chan
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:57:13PM -0700, George Joy wrote:
|  All chargers except the Sirius charge line use Delta peak detection,
| in other words they all overcharge the cells to find a peak. OVERCHARGE is
| the number one killer of ALL batteries.
|  The Sirius Charge line is the only PEAK PREDICTION charger on the
| market. It is the SAFEST there is for both NiCd and NiMH cells, PERIOD.
|  If you or anyone would like a deeper discussion of battery
| maintenance, I can be reached @ 800-532-0092.
You wouldn't happen to be related to the George Joy that's the
President of Peak Electronics, who bought Sirius Electronics a while
back, would you? :)
Don't tell me there is another George Joy!!
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries and Chargers

2005-01-24 Thread Chuck Anderson
At 03:12 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote:
I believe he is one and the same.  I admit he seems a little prejudiced 
here, but we have a man that believes in what he sells and stands behind 
his product.  I wish I had some of his chargers.  I will have just as soon 
as I get tired of these peak chargers killing my packs.  That won't be 
long, I'm almost there already.

Ed Jett
Been using the Sirius Charge for 10 years now on both nicads and nimh 
batteries without a single  problem.  I endorse everything George Joy says 
about his equipment.

Chuck Anderson.
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Re: [RCSE] batteries america???

2004-08-11 Thread Tom Watson
I've found the only reliable way to communicate with them is verbally. 
Do that and you can't go wrong.

Tom
brian wrote:
have they just fallen off the map?  sent an order
and a followup inquiry and have heard nothing
back.
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries America

2002-10-09 Thread Joseph Hochadel


Try Radical RC for batteries of all sorts.
Order through the internet at radicalrc.com or direct pickup in Dayton, OH.
Dave has some of the best prices that I've seen and does high volume so the cells are fresh.Do you Yahoo!?
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries America

2002-10-09 Thread Brett Jaffee

Thanks for all the additional battery sources guys.  Not sure what the issue was, but 
I was finally able to contact Batteries America today and ordered from them.

Brett

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Re: [RCSE] Batteries And Such

2002-01-24 Thread Jack Womack

Try New Creations in Willis, Texas. They are into that
big time. I think it's www.newcreations.com or
newcreationsrc.com...I visit in person or I'd know for
sure...Jack
--- David Shanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello all, I'm looking for a good Internet source
 for batteries and related
 hardware, such as shrink wrap, wires, connectors
 etc. Is there a one stop
 shopping site for this type of product? I'm also
 looking for a hammerhead
 soldering tip for soldering batteries end to end.
 Thanks!
 David Shanks
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries And Such

2002-01-24 Thread David Shanks

Thanks all of you for your input on battery sources! Big help! Best,
David Shanks
Salt Lake City, Utah

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 www.radicalrc.com is where I have been getting most of my items..Nice guy,
 and only $2 shipping fee..Brian


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 Subject: [RCSE] Batteries And Such
 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:35:26 -0700
 
   Hello all, I'm looking for a good Internet source for batteries and
 related
 hardware, such as shrink wrap, wires, connectors etc. Is there a one
stop
 shopping site for this type of product? I'm also looking for a
hammerhead
 soldering tip for soldering batteries end to end. Thanks!
 David Shanks
 Salt Lake City, Utah
 
 
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries America - Caution Virus

2001-11-27 Thread Jack Iafret

I did also, I just hit delete when I got the warning.


Jack Iafret
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Subject: [RCSE] Batteries America - Caution Virus


 Last week I sent an e-mail to Batteries America with an inquiry
 regarding a receiver pack. Since then, I have received two e-mails from
 them, both infected with a virus (detected by Norton Anti Virus.) The
 last one was an .exe file.

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Re: Re: [RCSE] batteries

2000-11-15 Thread Jon Stone

   What happened was that I was charging at 330mah, and
   over time, it was only taking one hour to charge them
   at this rate. Took the pack to the store and they confirmed
   capacity was 330 to 360mah by cycling them a few times.

  This is strange, the e flight guys that I know all charge their NiMh's
  at twice their rated capacity with an Astro 112D charger. I have done
the
  same and had good results.

 I was referring to the Sanyo NiCad (not NiMH) 1100AAU's. These are special
 hi-capacity batteries. Spec sheet doesn't list a quick charge rate.

I charge my 5 packs of Sanyo 1100 AAU's at 2 Amps with my ancient  TRC
Impuse peak charger.  Never a warm cell, and they still rate good on the
cycler.  Had one pack lose capacity after 3 years of use.

Jon



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Re: [RCSE] Batteries AGAIN!

2000-03-20 Thread Paul Klissner

Okay, that's NiMH in planes.  I'm using them in my Tx, which has digital
and analog voltage readout, fairly safe, right?

The other question is, how did you charge your NiMh batteries?  Was it
as good as the Sirius charger I'm using?

I've used and charged my Radio Shack 1500 AA NiMH 'transmitter' batteries several
times now, and its all A-ok on the Western Front, and counting.

I promise to let the alias know if and when I have any perceptible problems
whatsoever with these batteries.

I guarantee these are going to get a LOT of use now and throughout the
flying season.   No news is good news as far as these NiMH batteries go.


-Paul

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 About four years ago, when I bought an Audiovox cell phone, I thought I had scored a 
great deal, because it came with three battery
 packs. NiMH no less. There is a reason, because the NiMH batt's will not last very 
long. Even had to replace two of the packs. It
 never got better, the life got shorter and the charging became more frequent. I 
could never consider using this kind of cell in an
 airplane that I have sweated many, many hours over while we still have the relative 
decent reliability of Ni- Cads.
 Thanks for the soap box.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 GRW wrote:
 
  Ok, I have a question and needs some expert advice.  I'm back on the
  NiMH kick and almost lost a plane because of it.  What are the "Pro's"
  using for HLG's as far as batteries go?  Are the NiMH really worth the
  risk to save a bit of wieght and have to buy an expensive charger?
 
  Heck, now that i'm asking questions I'll ask an open ended one and I
  know there's going to be a ton of answers, but what is the most sought
  after HLG for competition?  I'm flying my climmax and need something
  lighter, the Spectre?  The Dartar?  Thanks in advance, for the answers.
 
  --
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  Elko, NV
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Re: [RCSE] Batteries AGAIN!

2000-03-18 Thread mrmaserati

About four years ago, when I bought an Audiovox cell phone, I thought I had scored a 
great deal, because it came with three battery
packs. NiMH no less. There is a reason, because the NiMH batt's will not last very 
long. Even had to replace two of the packs. It
never got better, the life got shorter and the charging became more frequent. I could 
never consider using this kind of cell in an
airplane that I have sweated many, many hours over while we still have the relative 
decent reliability of Ni- Cads.
Thanks for the soap box.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

GRW wrote:

 Ok, I have a question and needs some expert advice.  I'm back on the
 NiMH kick and almost lost a plane because of it.  What are the "Pro's"
 using for HLG's as far as batteries go?  Are the NiMH really worth the
 risk to save a bit of wieght and have to buy an expensive charger?

 Heck, now that i'm asking questions I'll ask an open ended one and I
 know there's going to be a ton of answers, but what is the most sought
 after HLG for competition?  I'm flying my climmax and need something
 lighter, the Spectre?  The Dartar?  Thanks in advance, for the answers.

 --
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 Elko, NV
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