Yipcanjo
10-18-2002, 12:10 PM
This is "old" news to many of you, and "welcome" news to a few others, but I've finally gotten rid of my "false peaking" problems while charging! Here's the story...
I've had a Duratrax Intellipeak Pulse Charger (standard model) for close to two years now. I have had false peaks that entire time, and more so as I've gotten higher mAh packs. In general, my NiMH packs would false peak 7 or 8 times per charge! Hopefully I don't have to tell you HOW frustrating that is. My NiCD packs would usually false peak 1 or 2 times -- not too bad, but still annoying.
Out of sheer frustration, I finally decided to stick a large fan (house fan) in front of my charger while charging -- just to see if it helped at all, though I wasn't expecting much. Why wasn't I? Because my NiMH packs would usually false peak after just 2 or 3 minutes... barely enough time for the charger to get warm. In any case, to make a long story a bit longer, my false peaking woes seemed to have gone away!!! I took my absolute "worst of the worst" batteries (with false peaking, that is) and put it to the test -- not a single false peak during the 1 hour charge! Now my batteries can charge properly, and I don't have to think about getting a new charger - it works fine.
Lesson learned?: if you tend to get a lot of "false peaks" while charging, try placing a large fan in front of it -- see what happens. It fixed my problems and I'm stoked.
:)
Yip
p.s. -- I posted this same message on the Traxxas board, in case you see that too... in hopes that it will make someone's day a bit brighter (like it did for me)
I've had a Duratrax Intellipeak Pulse Charger (standard model) for close to two years now. I have had false peaks that entire time, and more so as I've gotten higher mAh packs. In general, my NiMH packs would false peak 7 or 8 times per charge! Hopefully I don't have to tell you HOW frustrating that is. My NiCD packs would usually false peak 1 or 2 times -- not too bad, but still annoying.
Out of sheer frustration, I finally decided to stick a large fan (house fan) in front of my charger while charging -- just to see if it helped at all, though I wasn't expecting much. Why wasn't I? Because my NiMH packs would usually false peak after just 2 or 3 minutes... barely enough time for the charger to get warm. In any case, to make a long story a bit longer, my false peaking woes seemed to have gone away!!! I took my absolute "worst of the worst" batteries (with false peaking, that is) and put it to the test -- not a single false peak during the 1 hour charge! Now my batteries can charge properly, and I don't have to think about getting a new charger - it works fine.
Lesson learned?: if you tend to get a lot of "false peaks" while charging, try placing a large fan in front of it -- see what happens. It fixed my problems and I'm stoked.
:)
Yip
p.s. -- I posted this same message on the Traxxas board, in case you see that too... in hopes that it will make someone's day a bit brighter (like it did for me)