Remote control rechargeable

[Skandranon]

Can you put 12 1.25 volt rechargable AA in your remote? Will it affect range?

[Grizzbob]

For most all cases, yes, you can use rechargable batteries in your transmitter, & as far as I can tell, they will not have any affect on range. As long as the pack's voltage doesn't drop below a certain point(which can vary a bit from one kind of transmitter to another), it should be just fine, & most of them do have some kind of indicator that tells you when the voltage is dropping too low(in the case of my KO EX-1 Mars, it gives off a beep when the voltage drops too much)..... :cool:

[JoeMAXX]

I run 8 rechargables in my Transmitters. After a full charge I get about 11 volts and they last longer then Alkalines. Once they drop down to about 9.5 volts I throw in a fresh set and recharge the others. I can run for 2 or 3 hours on NiMH 1.2 v AA batteries before I need to swap batteries.

I quit using alkalines in most of my receiver packs also and run NiMH battery packs.

Startup cost was high but it has saved some bucks afterwards.

[Skandranon]

Thanks guys! Walmart (the antichrist I know) has 4 AAs and a charger for $10 buck, or just the 4 AAs for 7 I think. I will be getting some soon.

[SS Pede]

Promatch Racing sells AA batteries made by GP, I'm sure they cost more than Walmart batteries, but anything to avoid Walmart! (IMO)

[Skandranon]

I have looked on ebay for about an hour. There are so many freaking choices there. I got fed up with looking and gave up for now. After thinking about it I really dont want to give them any more money.

[HoLlOwPoInT]

The GP AA cells that pro-match sells look pretty interesting. Anyone have anymore info on them such as how to charge them as single batteries?

[Jetskiboy77]

The rechargable batterties I bought for my car and truck and both their transmitters were well worth the upfront cost. I have had my truck for 2 years and have had the batterties for about one week less than that. They have saved me well over 500 dollars on batterties and trips to the stores. Def get them. (and whats so bad about Walmart? :confused: )

[Skandranon]

Well not to make this a political forum or anything like that. Wal-Mart has a good deal of very unethical business practices. They are know to be union busters. There are a good number of sexual discrimination lawsuits filed against them. Most importantly they do there best to drive small businesses out of business when they move into a town. They will go so far as to price products cheaper than they bought them for until the competition is gone then raise prices. There could be allot more said, and I am sure there has been somewhere, but if you are wondering if I am just making this all up just do some research for yourself.

All that said I find myself broke allot. The temptation to shop at Wal-Mart and save a few bucks is great. I do my best to overcome these urges for what I see as the good of our community as a whole.

Not trying to preach or anything like that just hoping to answer your question.

[Jetskiboy77]

Thanks for answering the question. I do believe you and I never knew that Walmart did anything like that.

[HoLlOwPoInT]

I called pro-match today about those GP-2300 AA cells and the guy there said they need to be charged at .5 to 1 amps. He said you can even leave them in the tray that comes out of the controller. He also said that the chargers you get at wal-mart or K-Mart will do it also as long as the charger is for NiMH batteries. I think im going to pick some of these up to see how they do.

[Grizzbob]

Yup, it's easy to just leave the cells in the container/jig that you put them in before putting them in the transmitter. That's how I charge mine, I just clip the leads of my Millenium to the contacts on it & charge at 1 amp(sometimes 1.5 if I'm in a hurry), & it seems to work out quite nicely(& I also like to use those little chargers that can do individual cells to try to keep them equally peaked after a day's racing).... :cool: