Charger???

[norgale]

What do I need to charge this battery pack??

[toesup]

What do I need to charge this battery pack??

Thats a Futaba Rx pack...

To charge you will need one of these... or its equivalent
4.8V DC, 100mA
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXNK66

[norgale]

That looks like the right thing. Thanks very much. pete

[Ghost 2501]

yep thats a 4.8v pack, dual output charger by ripmax or Futaba should do the job, and the one that toesy posted is a suitable charger

[mahoon]

On a similar theme - I have just made a Y lead to connect two battery packs in parallel (both battery packs are same mah, same volts). I presume it would be folly to attempt to charge them both through the Y lead too and that in order to save buying more, expensive battery packs (and a new house!) I'm better off removing the Y lead and sticking to the time-honoured tradition of charging the packs one at a time?

Any commenst from anyone who knows about these things is most welcome :)

[Ghost 2501]

it can be done, however I dont recomend it as you never know what the charge status is in each pack, if you want to do that, couple 2 in series and charge them as 8 cells.

[mahoon]

Thanking thee Ghostie :)

[Ghost 2501]

after all I use a cradle that holds 10 AA cells and hook it up to a charger designed for 10-cell packs.

JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE BATTERIES MATCH EACHOTHER IN CAPACITY