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Originally Posted by TheNinj
Ahh! That makes sense!
So To get it charging quicker I need to plug it into a car battery or something?
Can you get chargers that charge at 4Amps from the mains and 12V?
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Yes you need to plug it onto a car or "caravan type" battery, or a 12volt power supply or a generator, it wont pull 4 amps off the mains.
Yes you can get chargers that charge at 4amps off the mains and 12 volts, we use a BC6 - charges upto 5amps, cost a lot more.
Most racers use 12volts and keep a leisure battery just for charging car batteries. There has been a history of charging at well over 1C and a history of cells failing/cooking/exploding, that is why 1C is now recomended, your batteries may last longer if charged at the lower settings.
You will find very few racers using stick packs, single cells soldered into side by side six packs or three + three or four + two is the norm, these packs may have been hand picked to charge/discharge in sync.
Your charger
may pulse charge, it will charge your NiMh batteries, but
may not do them any good in the long run. Most of us want a linear charger that we can adjust the delta peak on.
When you think that matched batteries may cost £50 a pack plus, a better charger is a must. hope this is helpful, we all started with stick packs and simple chargers.