Sometimes it takes 10 or 12 cycles for a battery to get "ramped up",especially if it's been unused for a long time.What brand are the cells?
--- Todd Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should have listened to a LOT of your guys' advice > regarding BATTERIES > AMERICA.......what a JOKE of a company. > > Past experiences were nominal like "wrong items > shipped" only to have me > ship back to wait and wait to finally get what I > originally > ordered.....dealing with RUDE people on their > phone......receiving a couple > RX packs that didn't even SNIFF the capacity level > AFTER a 24 hour charge > with my Sirius Pack former......get the runaround > over the phone about NOT > PROPERLY CHARGING, etc. Like a Dumb-dumb I keep > loyal and try to give them > the benefit of the doubt. > > Recently (the past 2 and 1/2 years) I have had THREE > painful surgeries on my > FEET that has hampered me to do much flying...or > anything at all at that. > Prior to my second operation I purchased servo's and > batteries for upcoming > projects once I am back on my feet. Well a THIRD > operation was necessary, > unfortunately.....and am now getting projects > completed. I cycled a 2100 mah > pack , recently, which I purchased roughly a year > ago and have not touched > IT or the other products like Volz servo's and > another RX pack from a local > hobby store, and it cranked out a wopping 510mah > after a 24 hour trickle > charge. I then re-cycled it for another 24 hours and > it really jumped BIG > TIME to 710mah!!!!!!! Its a 2100 mah pack!!!! > The other pack I purchased from a hobby store cycled > up "close" to where it > should be and has been working quite well. I asked a > friend regarding this > matter and He felt one of the cells went bad. I > phoned BATTERIES AMERICA to > have someone tell me "I am a big boy and I NEED to > accept "REALITY", in > that, its been over a year and thats that." I told > them I understand , BUT, > the pack has NEVER EVER been cycled...EVER. They > claimed that I am not > being realistic, as I agreed it has been a year BUT > I am honest and have > NEVER touched the battery or cycled it EVER. I > re-coiled and stated back at > them "then your telling me that NONE of your packs > haven't sat on the > shelves for a year...TWO...or more?????? How am I > to know they didn't ship > me a 2100 mah RX pack that hasn't been collecting > dust on their shelves for > a year or two or three???? He said "THAT is > immaterial"...I asked how? I > asked can you tell me right now that ALL your packs > are LESS than a year old > and all cells used to put the packs together????? He > bobbled about only to > say how its NOT THE SAME POINT , its immaterial to > my point and matter and > He can't state they ONLY have batteries put together > in less than 12 months. > What a joke of a company...I have had other > problemss and have read some of > your guys' NIGHTMARE dealings with these people. I > am the one to blame as i > should not have done any business with these people > after the humiliating > conversations and lack of prodcing a product > accurate with its description > and expected performance. For a measely 20-30 bux > they lost a LOYAL and > HONEST customer. > > BTW...the VOLZ servos and the DS368's from Johnny > Berlin fired up GREAT and > the other battery I purchased that sat around until > I recovered from my > painful nightmare cycled up and is working very > well. I just don't get it. > How petty are these people and what TERRIBLE > business practices they have. I > recently sent in a $30+ servo I bought from JR that > stripped out and they > replaced it with a NEW ONE...no questions asked. > How can a 2100 mah battery > that was NEVER cycled by the buyer be so bad after > sitting in my drawer > awaiting my recovery????? I wonder how much people > like this TIP a > WAITRESS or WAITER after dinner........how > straight-up LAME and CHEAP! I > will NEVER buy a THING from them EVER AGAIN. > > Thanks for the bandwith and sorry you guys had to > hear me piss moan and > groan! :O) > > For what its worth there has to be a better place to > find GOOD quality > batteries at competitive prices....BATTERIES AMERICA > has a serious problem > with "QUALITY" of some of their products....I know > because THIS is not the > first time a complaint has been logged on here > reporting this kind of > situation. What babbling idiot I sound > like....yikes! :) Thanks for > reading/listening to this pathetic story! > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent > from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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