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jackalope wrote:I went with the 5800mah 2 cell lipo and smart charger from Traxxas. Got them from a local hobby shop. Plug and play no need for a balance plug as its built into the Traxxas plug. Great setup!

I haven't found a way to hook up a lipo alarm to to this new plug Jackalope so I don't buy them.

jarndice wrote:A couple of points about Hobby-king you might like to know, The TURNIGY LI-PO/NI-CD/NI-MH charger is a very good and useful piece of kit BUT it needs a handbook to get any sence from it, You can find one on line and download it, but you will not get one if you buy your charger from Hobby-king, and secondly I had to wait weeks for my order to arrive although I have been given to understand that I was unlucky? shaun

Your not alone Shaun. I used them twice and both times it was over three weeks for delivery. Twice was enough.

Joe

Just ordered my lipos today I got 2 Turnigy 5000mah 2s 7.4v 20c-30c Hardcase Lipo's with voltage alarms and tamiya plugs

No she's happy to donate a glove she has a few pairs and it saves a fiver times is tough kaiser

ruben2005 wrote: hi there if you look this number up on e/bay uk the seller is called stockroom2012 and item number is 141531886492 i have this in my metal hull white metal gearboxes metal tracks tiger1 even has a tamiya plug and will power my tank through long grass and long run times you will need a lipo charger and the imaxB6 is an ideal charger just always balance charge and thats what i use hope this helps

That's a coincidence Ruben that's where I ordered mine from and I also have a metal hull white metal gearboxes metal tracks and wheel tiger 1.....spooky

edpanzer wrote:Just ordered my lipos today I got 2 Turnigy 5000mah 2s 7.4v 20c-30c Hardcase Lipo's with voltage alarms and tamiya plugs

I get just at an hours worth of run time with my 5000's in my heavy metal tanks with the smoker (Tar MKI) running the entire time.

Joe

Batteries arrived today charged one and its made a noticeable differance its quicker than before and seems to run on grass better and the smokers even better I never expected that.
One last question if I'm not using them till the weekend is it best to do a storage charge thingy on them??

jtracks wrote:

jackalope wrote:I went with the 5800mah 2 cell lipo and smart charger from Traxxas. Got them from a local hobby shop. Plug and play no need for a balance plug as its built into the Traxxas plug. Great setup!

I haven't found a way to hook up a lipo alarm to to this new plug Jackalope so I don't buy them.

I'm running the IBU2 that has built in Lipo protection and all Traxxas lipo vehicles have built in lipo protection which is very handy.

I apologize in being being new to the world of Lipo batteries I didn't realize you could not hook up an alarm to a non-lipo ready vehicle with the Traxxas set up, this could cause a problem in over discharging and am glad you caught it.

I'll just sit down and shut up from now on as I do not want my lack of knowledge to cause anyone else a problem.

Kiaser wrote:Yes it is a noticeable difference but once you commit there is no going back

LiPo

THIS!

10000 mah 25C ( in my HL KT, not enough hours in a day to sound the LVA.
https://youtu.be/mRtmcKKUHLs
Used these to mount LVA's in a viewable location on my tanks:
My T34 the LVA can been seen via looking through the drivers hatch: https://youtu.be/HREoIFWd5Eo