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Josh B

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello,

Sorry if this sounds like a simple stupid question.

How do I charge a Sub-C Battery?

Do I need a special battery charger, or will most normal battery
chargers charge a Sub-C Battery?

It's for a device that is used to start a nitro radio control car.

Thanks.

Josh.
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Josh B"
Sorry if this sounds like a simple stupid question.

How do I charge a Sub-C Battery?

** Just one cell ??
Do I need a special battery charger, or will most normal battery chargers
charge a Sub-C Battery?


** Most will not accept a sub-C cell.

Only the usual dry cell sizes - ie AAA, AA, C, D ....

It's for a device that is used to start a nitro radio control car.


** A simple glo-plug driver ?

Used that method for many years with various model racing boats ( 2 and 4
stroke) employing glo-plug motors.

You can use a 12 volt automotive lamp wired in series with a single Ni-Cd
cell ( or several) - maybe 10 or 12 watt rated - like the tubular shaped
ones used in overhead lights.

Used with a 12 volt SLA or wet cell, for you starter motor, the 12 volt
bulb will limit charging current to a safe level - the sub-C should be
fully charged (warm to the touch) in about an hour and a half.


BTW

I always found Sanyo red sub- C cells to be the best.

1200, 1400 & 1800 mAh sizes.




........ Phil
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello,

Sorry if this sounds like a simple stupid question.

The only stupid question is the one that's not asked. :)
How do I charge a Sub-C Battery?

Do I need a special battery charger, or will most normal battery
chargers charge a Sub-C Battery?

It depends. If it's an ordinary 1.2V NiCd, then I'd think that almost
any NiCd charger that's sized for the AH rate would work. Same with
NiMH, but they're a little more touchy about being charged. What "kind"
of battery is it, in other words?

And, what's a sub-C anyway?

Thanks,
Rich
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Rich Grise"
It depends. If it's an ordinary 1.2V NiCd, then I'd think that almost
any NiCd charger that's sized for the AH rate would work. Same with
NiMH, but they're a little more touchy about being charged. What "kind"
of battery is it, in other words?

And, what's a sub-C anyway?


** You really are a know nothing puke - aren't you.




......... Phil
 
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Jasen Betts

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello,

Sorry if this sounds like a simple stupid question.

How do I charge a Sub-C Battery?

assuming 1.2V NiCd or NiMH
Do I need a special battery charger, or will most normal battery
chargers charge a Sub-C Battery?

If they'll charge single cells (many chargers only do pairs) and and you
can get the sub-c into the compartment and into contact with the terminals
that's all that's needed.

sticking a wad of al-foil or similar lump of metal under the base of the
cell to increase its length may help.

Bye.
Jasen
 
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GotCoffee

Jan 1, 1970
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Sub C is shorter than standard C cell. You can use a "AA" charger,
just connect the batteries with alligator clips and a rubber band
around the cells. Most chargers need to charge two cells at once.
Make sure you use the same mAh rating on both bats
 
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Anthony Fremont

Jan 1, 1970
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Phil Allison said:
"Josh B"

** Just one cell ??

After you read the whole post, you know the answer. Yes.
** Most will not accept a sub-C cell.

Only the usual dry cell sizes - ie AAA, AA, C, D ....



** A simple glo-plug driver ?

A single sub-C cell sure isn't going to run a 12V electric starter, now
is it?
Used that method for many years with various model racing boats ( 2 and 4
stroke) employing glo-plug motors.

Irrelevant to the question at hand.
You can use a 12 volt automotive lamp wired in series with a single Ni-Cd
cell ( or several) - maybe 10 or 12 watt rated - like the tubular shaped
ones used in overhead lights.

Used with a 12 volt SLA or wet cell, for you starter motor, the 12 volt
bulb will limit charging current to a safe level - the sub-C should be
fully charged (warm to the touch) in about an hour and a half.

Wouldn't you like to be sure of the battery chemistry and capacity,
before telling the OP how to charge it?
BTW

I always found Sanyo red sub- C cells to be the best.

1200, 1400 & 1800 mAh sizes.

I doubt the OP cares to hear about your anal adventures. HAND
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Anthony Fremont **** "


** The vilest pile of sub human CRAP on this NG.

Wouldn't you like to be sure of the battery chemistry and capacity,
before telling the OP how to charge it?


** The method will OK work with any modern sub C cell.

Nothing this schizophrenic, autistic Fremont **** would ever know about.

Too busy pulling his tiny cock in the bog.






........ Phil
 
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Anthony Fremont

Jan 1, 1970
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"Phool Allison" The vilest pile of sub human CRAP on this NG.
** The method will OK work with any modern sub C cell.

Still can't grasp proper sentence structure, can you? There are sub-c
cells that are up to 3500mAh. How is pumping 1A into one for an hour
and a half going to charge it up?
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Anthony said:
Still can't grasp proper sentence structure, can you? There are sub-c
cells that are up to 3500mAh. How is pumping 1A into one for an hour
and a half going to charge it up?


Savant?

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Anthony Fremont **** "


** The vilest pile of sub human CRAP on this NG.

Wouldn't you like to be sure of the battery chemistry and capacity,
before telling the OP how to charge it?


** The method will OK work with any modern sub C cell.

Nothing the schizophrenic, autistic Fremont moron would ever know about.

Too busy pulling his tiny cock off in the bog.



........ Phil
 
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Anthony Fremont

Jan 1, 1970
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"Phool Allison" ** The vilest pile of sub human CRAP on this NG
scrawled out nothing worth repeating

The question was: "There are sub-c cells that are up to 3500mAh. How is
pumping 1A into one for an hour and a half going to charge it up?"

Are you going to answer the question, or are you going to persist in
your spastic fits?
 
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"Anthony Fremont "



** The vilest sub human, know nothing AUTISTIC on this NG.





........ Phil
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Phil said:
"Anthony Fremont "

** The vilest sub human, know nothing AUTISTIC on this NG.

....... Phil

Now, don't be giving away your title, Phil. Its your most prized
posession, after all.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Anthony said:
Idiot savant.
http://www.plim.org/2idiots.html
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/faq.cfm#1

Like the Rain Man. He somehow (in an ingenious and almost magical way)
knows the answer to a specific class of questions, but virtually nothing
else.



Kind of like "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while"?
BTW, I am familiar with the term "Savant", but I have a hard time seeing
how it can apply to Phil. :(


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Apostrophe Police

Jan 1, 1970
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Now, don't be giving away your title, Phil. Its your most prized
posession, after all.

s/its/it's/ - yes, in this case an apostrophe is appropriate, since "it's"
in this context is the contraction for "it is."

No Offense intended, Michael A. Terrell, it's just my job[1], and it's
just a typo anyway, right? :)

And, of course, since I'm only critiquing the absense of an appropriate
apostrophe, which pains me, because usually it's the other way around,
I'll have to post another response from one of my other homunculi to
actually critique the _content_ of your post.

Signs are, most of Rich votes in favor, at least from Rich The Stoner's
POV. ;-)

Cheers!
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Idiot savant.
http://www.plim.org/2idiots.html
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/faq.cfm#1

Like the Rain Man. He somehow (in an ingenious and almost magical way)
knows the answer to a specific class of questions, but virtually nothing
else.

"How much is a Milky Way Bar?"
"About a hundred dollars."

There's some TeeVee show on lately, called "NUMB3RS", (I presume it's
supposed to be pronounced, "numbers", but all I can get my little
reading homunculus to say is "numb-threes" or "numb-threesers"), which
disgusts me, but there's nothing else on TeeVee in that time slot but the
Nooz and evening soaps, so I sit through it.

One of the first eps had some kid saying something like "I can read
20,000 words a minute, and quote pi to 147,000 decimal places (or some
such - maybe multiply 6-digit numbers on the fly, whatever) - does that
make me a genius?" and all of the other characters go "OOh! Awe!" or so.

My response, which, unfortunately, the TV can't hear, was, "No, that
makes you a savant."

Cheers!
Rich
 
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