Battery idea!

[Zurc]

Originally Posted by RedSledTeam

Zurc,
Cool idea, however you need to compare battery capacities for an accurate comparison. And when it comes to capacities, there is a matter of milliamp-hr versus amp-hr:

Milliamps Hour (mAh) is important because it's the easiest way to distinguish the strength or capacity of a battery. The higher the mAh, the longer the battery will last. Batteries with different mAh ratings are interchangeable. If your battery is rechargeable then the mAh rating is how long the battery will last per charge.

Milliamps Hour is 1/1000th of a Amp Hour, so a 1000mAh = 1.0Ah Think of your truck's gas tank. Voltage is how much gas is being used, and mAh is the size of the gas tank. The bigger the gas tank (mAh) rating the longer the device will run. If your battery is rechargeable, then think of the gas tank as refillable (rechargeable).

Connecting 2 - 7.4 batteries in a series (+ to - ) will give you about 14.8 volts, however capacity ratings on the side of your batteries are about 1200 mah or 1.2 ahs. Safety dude mentions a 7 ah battery, your system is about 2.4 ah, 34% of Safety dude's. So in this case, capacity size matters!!

I never even thought about that good catch! This idea came spur of the moment when I was looking at an R/C catalog. Hey It was an idea i figured I would throw it out there. Well till next time!

R/S
Hector

[peguinpower]

I bought a bunch of 8000 mah nimh d cells off eBay and made pack for my ff only because I already had charger. Worked good, for little while. a few months of use corroded them pretty bad despite my efforts to seal them. I wouldn't recommend it. Sla batteries and chargers set ups are sealed and way cheaper.