Does HL tank work with 7.2v 5300mAH Ni-MH battery ?

[TankLover]

I would like to get a second battery for my HL Kv1 and found one on ebay

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1-pcs-7-2V-5300m ... 992wt_1027

I'm just wondering if this battery would work on my tank ? The stock battery is NI-CD SC 2000MAH 7.2V.
Could you guys please recommend a smart charger as well ?

thanks very much.
Cn

[ruben2005]

hello there mate the only help i can give you is,my tamiya kt runs on a 3800 ni-mah this is more than powerfull to make my tank move and play time is about40 mins tank has metal tracks as well also 7.2v.my charger is a imax-b6 these can be found on e-bay,they charge and discharge and do lipo batterys as well great little charger up to you what you spend my friend,there are lots of cheap good batterys on e-bay under consomer elecs hope this helps as i say my 3800 bat is more than good for my tank

[huntpe1]

Yes it will I put 5300 in my tiger with 3:1 gearboxes and played for ages and it still dos not need charging . Pete

[Tankbear]

Just be careful buying batteries from ebay I bought twice and found that they wasn't the capacity as stated.

FIrst bought a 5300mAh just like the one you linked (not same seller) and is a cracking battery but never managed to get more than 3000mAh into the battery.

Secondly bought a pair of 3800mAh but these I couldn't charge past 2000mAh

Secondly if you go for a larger capacity battery you need to upgrade your charger the HL one just won't tickle the battery. I got an Imax B6 smart charger but there are others and copies of it etc.

As for largest capacity you can use I don't think there is a limit apart from physical size and how much you can spend. I've even experimented with different voltage batteries. Found that an 8 cell 9.6v battery works fine, but currently running 7.4v LiPo batteries in my heavy metal tanks and these work great.

Hope that helps.

Ian.

[TankLover]

Thank you so much friends for your help.

Cn

[TankLover]

Thanks friends. Just bought the Imax B6 charger and 5300 nimh battery from ebay. They should be arrive in two weeks.

[Tankbear]

If you Google Imax B6 instruction you should be able to download them. Give you something to read whilst you wait for it to arrive. As it isn't a simply plug battery in and plug charger into wall outlet. Couple of menus and things to set/change before you start.

[TankLover]

If you Google Imax B6 instruction you should be able to download them. Give you something to read whilst you wait for it to arrive. As it isn't a simply plug battery in and plug charger into wall outlet. Couple of menus and things to set/change before you start.

Thanks Tankbear.

[ruben2005]

hi there i think you will have to buy the black& red leads that plug into the imax b6 if you dont have them already try hobbypower on e bay or brentford rc both good sellers chap

[Spartan Mart]

As long as its the same voltage it will work
The mh milliamps per hour just lasts longer the higher the number.