In my FW , i have used the same nicads from day one , its a 1000mah , 9.6V sub c cell nicad . I made this pack up from a huge 24 V drill battery i bought from b and q in the sale , one porblem ive always had is hoe hot it gets , sometiems
after a complete dishcarge , its too hot to pick up and the tape its wrapped in gets all sticky and starts to melt !!! So my question is , how much damage is this doing to my battery and will taking all the tape of and glueing the cells togethor help at all , or is it an internal resistance problem ?
nicads on fire !! (sort of )
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nicads on fire !! (sort of )
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Just hazarding a guess, but I would imagine any batteries that were used in electric drills are designed for continuous current discharge, not bursts of very high ampage which is what you get from drive motors rapidly changing direction, stalling when trying to push things, etc.
I would advise buying some proper batteries
I would advise buying some proper batteries
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That sounds good to me, although my FW uses racing style NiMhs and they get pretty hot. You could use heatshrink to bind them together instead of tape? They wouldn't get sticky then. you could cool them with an old PC fan, they take 12v I believe.
As for the damage, we'll as with all things robot, you're abusing those batteries, I'm sure you're not expecting them to last as long as they would if you were using them in a drill.
Simon
As for the damage, we'll as with all things robot, you're abusing those batteries, I'm sure you're not expecting them to last as long as they would if you were using them in a drill.
Simon
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hehe , thats why i havent bought better batteries , as chances are they will get smashed to pieces at some point , im going to try taking all the tape of and using heatwhrink but they are pretty exposed liek that and god knwos where im going to get some heat shrink wide enoughAs for the damage, we'll as with all things robot, you're abusing those batteries, I'm sure you're not expecting them to last as long as they would if you were using them in a drill.
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the charger ive got is a fairly chepa one , it has a 0.5 , 1 and 2.5 amp charge setting , i always use 1 . I have a battery disharger (a half dead drill motor , with a tamiya conenctor soldered to it lol) i leave it going until the motor stops moving . so i think ina ll im taking good care of them , but they get extremely hot (in battle , they get slightly warm in charging) . im only running 2 drill motors from them , and until recently they only where getting warm , now there too hot to pick up sometimes.
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