Losi mini 8 battery charge rate help?

[clintd]

what is the correct charge and discharge rate to use on the stock mini 8 batterys?
1100mah 7.2v
I have the accucell 6 charger.
Thanks
Clint

[davidmog99]

Havent charged a nimh micro battery for a bit. But from memory 1amp was about right for the normal cells that came with the rtr. I had some ib 1400s i used to charge at 1.5 amps and they never got too hot. Some used to charge at 2 amps but i think thats a bit much for those small cells.
Ukmicrorc forum will have all the micro info you will ever need!

[Stuweatherman]

between 0.8 and 1.4 would be fine, above that can shorten the life of the cells.

If you want good performance then power-tech do some 1850mah 33c 2s lipos that I tried last night and were very good in comparison to the standard nimhs.

[goldblades7]

go lipo mate.....it will wake her up!

[stuartd]

1.1 amps but watch the battery closely as they get a little hot after charging and i would recomend lipo`s aswell it will really wake the little thing up and you also get longer runtimes

[clintd]

Thanks for the replies. not gonna go lipo just yet as its my sons buggy hes only five and he crashes it enough as it is