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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

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

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

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.

Thank you so much friends for your help.

Cn

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

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.

Tankbear wrote: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.

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

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