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No there doesn't seem to be any way to do it. I've seen videos of people doing that but they seem to always have a button to hold down to get into that mode, but I don't seem to have anything like that. Never mind, hopefully the card will arrive in a few days, until then I'll just keep a close eye on my cell voltages and not run it too hard. Thanks.

Great thanks! I have some lipo alarms so might try that route.

Hi I've just picked up a 2nd hand car, with a Hobbywing 880 dual brushed esc. (and brushed motor). I don't have a programming card for it yet (I've just ordered one) so at the moment have no way of telling whether it is currently set to lipo or nimh mode. Am I going to damage anything if I run it with the wrong type of battery for a few days until the card arrives, and if not, is one way around less risky than the other? ie. lipo battery in nimh mode, or nimh battery in lipo mode? If I just get a loss of performance or something then that's fine as it's only short term - I just don't want to damage the esc or kill a battery. Thanks!

That's great info - thanks!

Ah thanks - that looks really interesting. Will give it a good read later on. I might have guessed there wouldn't be a simple answer! 😄

Hi, I'm new to this and have been looking at using my multimeter to check battery voltages. Now I've found plenty of info and videos of people explaining what voltages should look like for fully charged batteries of different types, but I've not really found anything showing what the numbers look like at various levels of discharge. Is there a datasheet or chart that anyone knows of that would tell me roughly what percentage of charge my battery is at, for different types of batteries? eg. So I can say, I have a 6 cell nimh which is 7.2v (6 x 1.2v) and it's reading X.Xv on my multimeter, so that means it's about Y% charged. And also so I can see at what voltage various battery types are considered dead. I guess mainly nimh and lipo, but even things like AAs, more out of interest than anything. If anyone could point me to any info, I'd appreciate it, as at the mo I can see my battery voltage, but I don't really know anything useful to do with that information! Cheers

I use one of these for camping (lights, fridge, phone charging etc ) and I love it - It lives in the car so it gets topped up as we go. I'm new to RC but was hoping I'd be able to make some use of it for charging in the field...

Thanks both - I think I'll end up swapping my son's connectors over to something better and getting a new charger then. We'll only be running nimhs for a while anyway, but it sounds like that'll be best in the long run. I've not soldered anything for 20 years but I'm hoping it'll come back to me quickly!

Hi, excited newbie here with the first of what will probably be many stupid questions! My son has got an FTX Bugsta and a few batteries with Tamiya connectors. Now I fancy getting a kit to build so I can take it for a bash with him. I'm considering a Traxxas Stampede, but that obviously doesn't use the same battery connectors. So my question - if I want to share his batteries and charger is it as simple as changing the connector in the Traxxas, or could I use an adapter or something? Thanks