Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-18 Thread Stuart A. Hall
Thanks for the information Jim, I was able to find the article from the members only section of the AMA website and have printed the article. Fortunately in this case they stopped scanning the magazine at the end of 2000 - so this one is definitely there. A search of the issue brought up all 7

Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-18 Thread Jim Holliman
Rick Van Clief on 12-18-04 12:31 PM wrote: > Don't remember this. Which issue was this in? The "Universal Slow Charger" (USC) was designed by Bob Kopski, author of the monthly column "Radio Control Electrics" in the AMA's magazine "Model Aviation". Quoting Mr. Kopski from the October 2004 issue

Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-18 Thread Rick Van Clief
Jim, Don't remember this. Which issue was this in? Thanks. RVC Another option is to build the slow charger published in the AMA's Model Aviation magazine. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subs

Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-17 Thread Jon Stone
Title: Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge? Russ, There is a setup menu option telling the charger not to peak detect for "so many" minutes.  I doubt it can be set to 14 hours or so.  Maybe. Jon - Original Message - From: "Russ Light" <

Re: [RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-17 Thread Doug McLaren
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:06:02AM -0800, Russ Light wrote: | Is there a way to ensure peak detection will not occur and thus get | essentially a constant current charger with timer? No, not really. Peak detection is always on on the Triton. If it's in NiMH mode, there's a small amount of trick

[RCSE] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?

2004-12-17 Thread Russ Light
I have a new NiMH receiver pack and wanted to slow charge the pack for the first time using a Triton charger. The Triton documentation refers to slow charging but I can't seem to figure out how to set it up. I can set the charge current to a low value and set the safety timer to a large value