Livnonthedge
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On/off switch with a charge port
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What kind of battery are you using?
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Interesting I've never seen that before. What is that on? Dumb question is the charge port connected to the battery?
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I bought 2 of them, Coop but found out they don't work for lipo. The balance plug doesn't plug into it. They would be perfect for the old school NiMH packs.
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Ahhhh ok cool . That explains why I'd never seen that before.
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Airplane combo switch. Trickle charge current ONLY ! anything over 500ma most of the time cooks them. 4 ni-cad cell airplane stuff. I think duo-bro makes a boat one that is water proof and has a 3 amp charge rate on plug socket. could be long gone by now with the lipo taking over.
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I’m using a 5 cell nimh now but want to run a lipo
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Guess it should work as long as you take heed to what Lorraine says. But doing so would take forever to charge.
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I’m sure it’s a 4.8 v thing because that’s all I’m getting out of the port and I know the battery has over 6v
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Wish I could help but I'm a 8.4v man.
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How long will a 4200 nimh battery last in a 5ive B?
get yourself one of the Hangar 9 inline amp load tester. put it in between batt pack and RX, Have a friend put load on servo arms with glove on hand and see what amp load peaks at its highest while cycling the steering and throttle at the SAME time. then you will have a rough idea of amp draw and use that with your A/HR rating of your pack, Not perfect but lets you know how many safe runs you can trust........