07-01-2009, 21:40
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,943
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Re: Tank Track
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Originally Posted by BrentJ
... Later it might be worth asking Vex if we can use their batteries but our chargers. ...
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You can use non-Vex Chargers and I very highly recommend buying one (often designed for use in other hobbies) that lets you do the following - Charge batteries with different numbers of cells in them
- Charge NiCad batteries (and optionally other types)
- Discharge batteries fully
- Charge batteries at a rate you control
- Display how much charge has gone into (or come out of ) the battery
- Charge/discharge more than one battery at a time
- Measure the output voltage of a battery when unloaded AND when under load (when being discharged)
Buying one with these features will be some of the best money you spend.
You should be able to buy them for under $150 US.
Blake
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