Cells ??

[andys]

I was browsing the rcracechat forum and found quite a long thread about IB cells going BANG.

Now i've seen a pack that went BANG in our region at Durham, it would have being nasty if anyone would have being sat near them ?

The reason I ask is I was going to order some IB cells, from Voodoo, but this thread gave me pause for thought.

Has anyone from our region had any problems with these cells, aparently they need treating differently to GP's, in what way ?

Laslty, can we run Lipo in the NE Regionals if we make the car up to weight ? I bought a lipo to run my touring car and it's totally brilliant, so personally i'd prefer to just run that if I could ?

Cheers.

Andy.

[Richard Lowe]

After this season if the cells stay as they are, I'll be using GP's next year.
I bought some IB's and GP's at the same time, both have had similar (ab)use. The IB's have lost quite a bit of performance, the capacity is still there but they have lost a lot of punch. A couple of packs have leaked too which is never good. The GP's still feel almost like new cells, havn't vented/leaked and still have almost all their capacity.
Fair enough the IB's had a bit more punch to begin with, but not enough to put up with the cells fragility IMO.

I like the idea of Lipo cells, can't wait to run them
It's ok to hacksaw a pack in half to fit in my BJ4 isn't it?!

[Rob]

I'm looking for some cheap packs of cells for 2WD off road use next year. I will be using brushless, don't need to be great packs. Anyone know the best place to get some cheap matched packs of GP3700's or IB3800's?

[burgie]

TJ Cells.....I have decided to replace my GP3300's after two years worth of (ab)use

[bert digler]

if u want sound advice speak to neal oliver he does batteries for all sorts of shit hes the man who nows so there

[Rob]

How much are the TJ Cells packs?

Been looking at a well known store abroad they do IB3600 cells for $3.90 each, IB3800 for $4.50. IB4200 for $5.50 each and GP4300 for $6.50 each. Don't think really need 4200 or 4300, is there much difference between the IB3600 and 3800?

[andys]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

After this season if the cells stay as they are, I'll be using GP's next year.

Hi Richard.

You've sort of said what I feared in you post. I reakon some new GP's will be the way forward for me then. If you can't look after them, then i've no chance.

Does anyone know if you can you run Lipo in the regionals ?

Trust me Rich, i've got one, the Trakpower and it's brilliant in every way !

You could always covvert your Bj Worlds to a BJ, the thought had crossed my mind, as the Pred's not keen on stick packs either

Andy.

[tc2k]

Can I ask a question?
I just put my new Epic Monster Metal 3300 cells on their first charge on my pulsar. Settings were 4amps at 25mv cutoff. They got to 4300mAh without peaking, so I took them off, is this normal.

[super__dan]

tc2k,

You're too high on the delta setting there, the LRP charger is different to everything else, I use 5mv (not a typo) on mine normally, 10mv if it's very cold where I'm running. Chris Doughty uses 10mv everywhere I believe. I assume the cells were pretty hot?

Andy, Lipo is not BRCA legal so to my mind cannot be used at BRCA regionals, I don't see this as optional as they are 7.4v so it simply would not be fair!

Dan

[tc2k]

Hmm, I heard new cells take in alot more than normal. Ill try lowering the delta, I heard the pulsars was high but usually 20mv works for all my other cells. Ill try 15

[andys]

Originally Posted by super__dan

tc2k,

Andy, Lipo is not BRCA legal so to my mind cannot be used at BRCA regionals, I don't see this as optional as they are 7.4v so it simply would not be fair!

Dan

Great ! I imagined as much. That's the thing I love about this hobby, something great comes along, that means it will be better and cheaper for us all in the long-run, and we have to buy more of the old stuff ! looks like GP's for me then in 2007.

PS Dan, If I start beating you at the 2007 Outdoor Regionals, you know why