Harv7810 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I just got a FTX Kanyon and i ordered 2 new battery's and a new charger with it. I got an etronix Powerpal Peak Plus charger and 2 5000mah 6 cell nimh battery's. The battery's seem to get warm at even a 1a charge and the voltage was at 9.5v by the time i took it off because i was concerned. The charger didnt say it was finished though. Is this normal and ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turok007 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 36 minutes ago, Harv7810 said: I just got a FTX Kanyon and i ordered 2 new battery's and a new charger with it. I got an etronix Powerpal Peak Plus charger and 2 5000mah 6 cell nimh battery's. The battery's seem to get warm at even a 1a charge and the voltage was at 9.5v by the time i took it off because i was concerned. The charger didnt say it was finished though. Is this normal and ok? getting warm is normal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 yeah nimh and nicads warm up some when charging can remember that much 🙂 thats voltage seems very high though always though it should be 8.4v 6cell fully charged i see that charger does lipo mode too make sure its not in that mode as it will damage the battery and start fires Harv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turok007 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 My 6 cell ones were around 8.7V a 7 cell was about 10v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross9999992 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) I always thought that nimh were charged once they get warm…sounds to me that the charger didn’t detect the delta peak properly and stop charging. Did the charger come with a temp sensor? I’d be using that and being all touchy feely with the battery while charging to check for warmth. Edited October 25, 2021 by Ross9999992 Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 double check the charge settings on charger, make sure your on NI-MH and if it allows then set to charge to battery mah so set to 5000mah my overlander lets me charge this way no problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross9999992 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) It doesn’t 😞 Tis only a basic charger and relies on delta peak to shut off… …it may well have been the 1a charge rate on a 5a pack that caused it though because there wasn’t enough of a v drop. Edited October 26, 2021 by Ross9999992 Picture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanmacine Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 The NIMH batteries always get hot during charging process, but I think you get better results going to LiPo batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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