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Originally Posted by bertberr
Col thanks for reply, am I right in thinking that a lipo has no 'memory', so it won't effect battery life if you charge it when not completely drained? Or is that the difference between NiMh & NiCd?
How does the receiver get its power exactly? On my old cars there was a plastic battery holder with 4xAA's that plugged in to the receiver alongside the two servo plugs. Is there now an extra wire that runs from the stick battery to the receiver???
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Lipo' are ace. No memory what so ever, so as long as they're around 70-80% charged when stored then they'll last for years with no problems.
Without having my car available to look at, the wiring goes a bit like this....:
esc plugs into batteries. A small 3 pin plug runs from the esc into the receiver which supply's power to the receiver (and the servo by another 3 pin plug) so no extra wires at all.
As bodgit mentioned as lipo safe is recomended to prevent the lipo from dropping below 6v as this is about the only thing that will ruin them. I never bothered with one when racing (5 min races) as they'll never go flat in that time, but with bashing I'd get one to be safe.
I'll find a pic of someones car to show wiring better than I am explaining...