Popular Post Tony Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) Happy early birthday to me! Left to right: Absima Thunder 1:18 4WD - my son's truck Tamiya Mad Bull 1:10 - my current one Traxxas Revo 3.3 TQi TSM Bluetooth 1:8 - NEW! Edited August 21, 2020 by Tony 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) Ack, can't play with it yet - the charger for the jump start battery is an car charger. No standard 3 pin plug for the charger! How odd!! Battery is a Tamiya plug type and I don't have a charger for it. Grrrr. Edited August 21, 2020 by Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Have ordered this https://www.amazon.co.uk/OliYin-Connector-Balance-Helicopter-Quadcopter/dp/B07D58812T/ That will go well with my Overlander RC6-VSR charger that also can charge NiMH batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 oww very nice tony great treat that !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE 🎂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Happy birthday mate nice pressy 🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Tony said: the charger for the jump start battery is an car charger. No standard 3 pin plug for the charger! How odd!! Now I know why. Traxxas want me to get this! https://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-ac-to-dc-mains-power-supply-40w-uk/rc-car-products/388973 Is there another way of doing this or do I need to get this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Bajadre said: oww very nice tony great treat that !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE 🎂 1 hour ago, Stormbringer said: Happy birthday mate nice pressy 🍻 Thanks. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd101 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) On 21/08/2020 at 19:21, Tony said: Now I know why. Traxxas want me to get this! https://www.modelsport.co.uk/traxxas-ac-to-dc-mains-power-supply-40w-uk/rc-car-products/388973 Is there another way of doing this or do I need to get this one? You just need a 12v to 240 convertor https://www.bettercarlighting.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=71 Anything like this. Weather they good or not who knows. Another option is to find out the imput voltage and buy a new lead Edited August 24, 2020 by Jd101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 I gave in and brought the official one - life's too short to faff about with trying to find out which will work, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 What did you find out as to why traxxas wanted you to get the converter thing besides extracting as much cash out of you as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 31 minutes ago, wolfie1 said: What did you find out as to why traxxas wanted you to get the converter thing besides extracting as much cash out of you as possible? Officially, I didn't find out. Unofficially (and my research) - they build the RC, put all of the bits in the box and sold it worldwide without having to worry about having different boxes with different adaptors. They just have one box and that's it. Then they sell this AC -> DC in each part of the world to get you up & running. That's my best guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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