charger?

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- January 10, 2003 at 6:07 am #9577
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  ok guys im soon to be getting a mini-z and im wondering what charger would be sufficient to charge 650maH NiMH AAA cells…I heard someone bought one from dicksmiths that could charge them in about an hour?! I dont really have that much dosh so im after a fairly budget but does the job charger….
- January 10, 2003 at 8:44 am #17808
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  I bought mine from Jaycar.
  
  Can’t remember what kind of charger it was, but it did 10 AA or AAA at 1 go, either NiCads or NiMH
  
  It was relatively cheap, but takes a while to charge though. (Doesn’t matter too much because I have enough AAAs)
  
  Aesch 🙂
- January 10, 2003 at 5:36 pm #43985
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  ok ppl. ima about to get a mini-z and am wondering what charger i should get to charge 650 maH NiMHs? i heard someone got a charger from dicksmiths that could charge them in an hour….i aint got much mo so i want a sorta budget one that will do the job…
- January 10, 2003 at 8:39 pm #44105
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  Do you have a Jaycar store near you?
  
  The Jaycar charger is pretty cheap ($30 I think) and does a nice job 😉
  
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- January 11, 2003 at 12:02 am #44107
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  i got my min-z today and boughta crazy charger with LCD panel and stuff from dickies for $69s it charges the batterys in just over an hour and automatically discharges them first…works a charm
- January 11, 2003 at 12:33 am #44110
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  What did you get Gt-ahh, is it as good as i think it is?
  i get mine on tuesday!
  
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- January 12, 2003 at 8:11 pm #44122
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  good 2 hear shypo. c u on tues, if u can come a bit earlier it will give us more time to assemble and thrash
- January 12, 2003 at 11:14 pm #44123
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  make sure you give shypo some good tips….hes gonna need them when he goes against my wrx…
- January 13, 2003 at 12:53 am #44126
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  GT-ahh, i whipped you with my bus and im gonna whip you with my Z. charg-o-saurus i will try and get there as early as possible but i will stick to the original of 1 at ur school, it was one wadnt it?
  
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- January 13, 2003 at 4:23 am #44127
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  ha ha nice try shypo…i just built me an X-speed motor so be prepared to eat alot of my dust…
- January 13, 2003 at 3:56 pm #17853
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  You can get up to 850mAh in NiMH AAA these days.
  
  To quickcharge NiMH it is best to buy a proprietary peak-detect charger made for NiMH AAAs. Anything under 3 hrs is risky using a “universal” charger. There are some very nice ones sold by GP available overseas but I don’t know if anybody sells them here.
- January 14, 2003 at 1:18 pm #17862
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  do you have any links or pics of these “propretary peak-detect chargers”?
  
  thanks
- January 14, 2003 at 9:16 pm #44174
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  lol…you guys wait a whole HOUR for your batteries to charge??? Man my charger takes 20 mins and i still hate waiting.
  I charge at about 2.4 A and put the batteries in a gel ice pack to keep them from self destructing.
- January 14, 2003 at 10:17 pm #44176
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  just you wait Gt-ahh i will have something for you.
  (franticly searches the net for a motor)
  
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- January 15, 2003 at 12:58 am #44184
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  lol…you guys wait a whole HOUR for your batteries to charge??? Man my charger takes 20 mins and i still hate waiting.
  I charge at about 2.4 A and put the batteries in a gel ice pack to keep them from self destructing.
  
  hahahaha that is funny… you could just get 2 sets of batteries
  
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