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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:06   #16
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just checked un company and found these:
1 http://www.uncompany.com/pageproduct...sp?prodid=7226
2 http://www.uncompany.com/pageproduct...sp?prodid=7129

any of them work, if so which one?
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:09   #17
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A good rule of thumb is to trickle-charge a battery slowly at no more than 1/10th of it's rated capacity. This will help to ensure long battery life, especially in NiCad cells.

eg: a 2000 milliamp battery should be charged at 200 milliamps, or thereabouts. Yeah, it;ll take 10 hours to reach capacity, but you won't have a meltdown.

"small", "stick", and "butterfly/nunchuck" packs made with 2/3A-sized cells are much more intolerant to overcharging than "large" size (Sub-C - Celled) packs, in my experience.

What you really need is a charger with adjustable charge rates. I use an Intellipeak Digital Pulse Charger, which allows me to adjust charging rates between 200 milliamps and 6500 milliamps. It hasn't failed me in almost 8 years of playing:

http://www.hobbyhobby.com/cars/produ...pulse_info.htm
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:09   #18
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Assuming your charger is truly auto, as it says, and works properly, the first battery which is 1300 mAh would be perfect for the lowest setting on your charger. It will save you buying a new one, but again, that is assuming your charger is functioning fine.

The second battery will either suffer the fate of your first one (if you use anything above the 1300 mAh setting), or if you use the 1300 mAh setting, it will never fully charge.

It would be pointless to pick the second battery over the first.
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:12   #19
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ok, when i get home from france, in about uhm 14 days, ill buy the first one,+ a midcap mag from g&p...this will cost around 40 usd...anyone know how much it will be in total whit shipping? i mean a battery and a mag isnt big lol
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:13   #20
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A good rule of thumb is to trickle-charge a battery slowly at no more than 1/10th of it's rated capacity. This will help to ensure long battery life, especially in NiCad cells.

eg: a 2000 milliamp battery should be charged at 200 milliamps, or thereabouts. Yeah, it;ll take 10 hours to reach capacity, but you won't have a meltdown.

"small", "stick", and "butterfly/nunchuck" packs made with 2/3A-sized cells are much more intolerant to overcharging than "large" size (Sub-C - Celled) packs, in my experience.

What you really need is a charger with adjustable charge rates. I use an Intellipeak Digital Pulse Charger, which allows me to adjust charging rates between 200 milliamps and 6500 milliamps. It hasn't failed me in almost 8 years of playing:

http://www.hobbyhobby.com/cars/produ...pulse_info.htm
add 50 usd and i could buy myself a new gun :P
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:14   #21
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Assuming your charger is truly auto, as it says, and works properly, the first battery which is 1300 mAh would be perfect for the lowest setting on your charger. It will save you buying a new one, but again, that is assuming your charger is functioning fine.

The second battery will either suffer the fate of your first one (if you use anything above the 1300 mAh setting), or if you use the 1300 mAh setting, it will never fully charge.

It would be pointless to pick the second battery over the first.
The charging time for with of these batteries would be 1 hour on the lowest setting on your charger (1.3).....not the best option (fast-charging) and will likely be worse for your battery over the long haul, but for the price of 1 high-end charger, you can afford 3-4 batteries.

The question is, do you want to spend more now and get a good charger, or do you want to spend more later and get more batteries (and possibly a new charger anyways)?

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A good rule of thumb is to trickle-charge a battery slowly at no more than 1/10th of it's rated capacity. This will help to ensure long battery life, especially in NiCad cells.

eg: a 2000 milliamp battery should be charged at 200 milliamps, or thereabouts. Yeah, it;ll take 10 hours to reach capacity, but you won't have a meltdown.

"small", "stick", and "butterfly/nunchuck" packs made with 2/3A-sized cells are much more intolerant to overcharging than "large" size (Sub-C - Celled) packs, in my experience.

What you really need is a charger with adjustable charge rates. I use an Intellipeak Digital Pulse Charger, which allows me to adjust charging rates between 200 milliamps and 6500 milliamps. It hasn't failed me in almost 8 years of playing:

http://www.hobbyhobby.com/cars/produ...pulse_info.htm
add 50 usd and i could buy myself a new gun :P
Look on ebay......mine was $60 US, brand new, in box, still plastic-wrapped, with 1 year warranty.
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:15   #22
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A good rule of thumb is to trickle-charge a battery slowly at no more than 1/10th of it's rated capacity. This will help to ensure long battery life, especially in NiCad cells.

eg: a 2000 milliamp battery should be charged at 200 milliamps, or thereabouts. Yeah, it;ll take 10 hours to reach capacity, but you won't have a meltdown.

"small", "stick", and "butterfly/nunchuck" packs made with 2/3A-sized cells are much more intolerant to overcharging than "large" size (Sub-C - Celled) packs, in my experience.

What you really need is a charger with adjustable charge rates. I use an Intellipeak Digital Pulse Charger, which allows me to adjust charging rates between 200 milliamps and 6500 milliamps. It hasn't failed me in almost 8 years of playing:

http://www.hobbyhobby.com/cars/produ...pulse_info.htm
add 50 usd and i could buy myself a new gun :P
Look on ebay......mine was $60 US, brand new, in box, still plastic-wrapped, with 1 year warranty.
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:19   #23
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but i would have to buy both anyways dont I?
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Old July 7th, 2006, 21:21   #24
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ok im lazy+ dont know exactly what one,so ill give u a tiny task:
http://search.ebay.com/Intellipeak-C...ageNameZRC0024
which one? if u find u will get a cookie^^
*edit* or if u find another one, that would also be ok

*Edit#2* found this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/DuraTrax-Intelli...QQcmdZViewItem
seems like they ship it to europe for 6,99? if so, i might go for it:S and one more thing would the plug fit in the norwegian uhm contact things? (hope u understand what i mean)... if not, my dad has one of these transformer things so i can fix it with that tho
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Old July 7th, 2006, 22:10   #25
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Get rid of that Winstar hunk of crap. I had one of those very briefly. It was crap.

I have a TLP-15 Fuzzy Logic Trickle charger. Does everything automaticlly or at the touch of one button. It goes from 500 to 5000 mah so I'm covered for everthing though I'd never buy anything lower than an Intellect 1400mah battery as there is no reason to.
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Old July 7th, 2006, 22:20   #26
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http://www.uncompany.com/pageproduct...sp?prodid=2760
that one? if so it would be sooo awesome, then i could order battery, charger AND a new mag at the same time
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Old July 7th, 2006, 22:29   #27
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If you want a cheap battery and charger, just go to any Radio Shack, or those electronics stores, and pick up a RC battery pack, 9.6V is the common one I see, and most come with a smart charger. Cost you anywhere from 20-40. They work in AEG's just fine, but the extra voltage on a stock gun will wear down your gun faster, but give you a higher rate of fire. Might need to mod the pack itself to fit your style of gun tho.
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Old July 7th, 2006, 22:59   #28
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ty for the suggestion, but ill do it simple:P ill order both from un company
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Old July 8th, 2006, 02:59   #29
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http://www.uncompany.com/pageproduct...sp?prodid=2760
that one? if so it would be sooo awesome, then i could order battery, charger AND a new mag at the same time
Ya that's the exact one.

Hell if I know what it's doing but whatever it does, it does it right! Well, I have faith in her. Even though I've only had it a bit.
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Old July 8th, 2006, 12:52   #30
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ah ok, thx, im going to buy that one...my mp5k uses ak batteries, anyone got a suggestion to what kind i should buy?
maybe this one? http://www.uncompany.com/pageproduct...sp?prodid=7226
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