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Electric Stunt => Gettin all AMP'ed up! => Topic started by: Will Moore on January 23, 2018, 06:46:30 PM
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Thunder Power is having their Winter Sale, air batteries are 25% off.
Sale code is WINTER18
www.thunderpowerrc.com
Sale ends Feb 1, 2018. #^
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just got my TP batteries right off the UPS truck, cold as the great outdoors in winter. I've heard they get moisture in them from condensation when you warm them back up. I've got them slowly warming in their plastic pouches. Hope they're ok from the week long freezing road trip.
MM :-\
Never heard that. I have heard that when not in use for a long time to store them in a refrigerator, not frozen just around 40 deg F. Witch brings up a good point. I also just got a set of four new 4 cell batteries. I will not be using them till this summer. As shipped from TP are they in a good state to store them? Or should I put on some connectors. Charge them and then discharge them to storage level? ???
Also I have heard that you need to break in a new battery. What's this all about? ???
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I asked the question about charging new batteries or leaving them like they come from the factory and never got an answer. Here's my take: I know they'll be ok if I break them in and leave with a storage charge but I don't know about letting them sit from the factory so, I'll be going through the motions to make them usable even though it will be a couple of months before flying season.
For a thread on battery break in check the link below.
https://stunthanger.com/smf/gettin-all-amp'ed-up!/discharge-rate-while-flying/
The last set of TP batteries I got came with instructions. Did you get the instructions?
MM
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Thunder Power is having their Winter Sale, air batteries are 25% off.
Sale code is WINTER18
www.thunderpowerrc.com
Sale ends Feb 1, 2018. #^
Will,
Thanks for the heads up.
I purchased a battery.
Charles
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Witch brings up a good point. I also just got a set of four new 4 cell batteries. I will not be using them till this summer. As shipped from TP are they in a good state to store them? Or should I put on some connectors. Charge them and then discharge them to storage level? ???
Also I have heard that you need to break in a new battery. What's this all about? ???
I just read the data sheet that came with my new TP batteries and it says that you need to discharge, for the first few times at 3C to 5C. So for my 2800 packs, the discharge should be between 8.4A to 14A. I have a discharger that discharges at 4A. And it pulls the pack down to 50%. Will this work for breaking in a new battery? ??? ???