Recharging the Battery Pack

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion
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Has Any successfully recharged a battery pack without the VEX charger, if so can u tell me how ?

Thanks in advance

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You can pretty much use any standard 6-cell (or 8-cell for the TX battery) NiCd charger. I’ve recharged the 7.2V battery pack using a wall-wart style charger from Radio Shack.

Are you wanting to build your own charger?

  • Dean
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yea, pretty much, sorry about my bad grammar… Do u know the specs of the charger ?
Namely how it works ?

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I don’t know any details about the charger, sorry.
Wikipedia talks a bit about charging NiCds.
Also, found this interesting project.

Good luck!

  • Dean
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If you are going for peak charging. I would suggest looking at the Hobby RC chargers.

http://h1069872.hobbyshopnow.com/services/advanceresultsDetail.asp?strProd=PEAK+CHARGER&strSearchType=ALL&strInCategory=ALL&strInManufacturer=ALL&tag=qsrch

Hobbytown usually has an AstroFlight or many other brands in their store. Peak Chargers are also called Fast, Quick, Speed Chargers.

If you just want a standard charger similar to the VEX system , you probably won’t find any great bargains than your existing VEX system.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0097p?CATEGORY=ME&FVSEARCH=BATTERY+CHARGER++

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Thanks guys ,much thanks…