what volts to charge at?

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    • January 27, 2003 at 1:54 am #11611
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      Hi i put in a dual bat mod with nimh bats and i made a 6v charger is this to much for 2.4volts?
      how long should i charge it?

    • January 27, 2003 at 5:31 am #44576
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      6v is prolly too high, 3v would be better, as for charging id say 90 sec depending on how long you wanna run the car for.

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    • January 27, 2003 at 11:46 pm #44596
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      3v is used to charge standard 1.2v battery. 6V should be ok for about 90 – 120 secs for a 2.4v bit

    • January 30, 2003 at 9:48 pm #44642
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      I just did the 2 NiMH mod too. 3V to charge 2.4V is too slow, esp since alkalines’ voltage sags a bit under load. Mine seems OK with the 6V pack I made up, you can have a guess at the charge time by feeling for when the 2nd battery gets hot. I get 10+ minutes from 60sec charge which is probly fairly conservative. You could just put a short where one of the AAs goes for a 4.5V charger if you’re worried about it.

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