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Unread 17-10-2002, 00:16
Andy A. Andy A. is offline
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I think I converted the charging cable from the 1 amp charger into a nice set of jumper cables for testing. The 1 amp was that worthless.

Anyways, don't use anything over 4 amps. After 4 amps you'll be boiling off eletrolite from the battery, which will eventually degrade it. Thats not to say that a high current charge will kill it out right the first time, but you're batterys won't last nearly as long. Other then that, get a good charger that will shut off when it senses a charged battery. Expect to pay quite a bit.

As for the number of batterys you should have, I can't see a team really being competitive with fewer the 4 good batterys and two chargers. Under that and you'll suffer low currents, espically near the end of the day.

-Andy A.