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Electronics Forum / Basics / January 2006How do I charge a Sub-C Battery ?
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. "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 > "Josh B" > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ** Just one cell ?? After you read the whole post, you know the answer. Yes. > > Do I need a special battery charger, or will most normal battery chargers > > charge a Sub-C Battery? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > ** 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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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 "Anthony Fremont c.nt " ** 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 c.nt would ever know about. Too busy pulling his tiny cock in the bog. ....... Phil "Phool Allison" 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. 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? > 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?  SignatureService 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 > > 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? 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. > Idiot savant. > http://www.plim.org/2idiots.html [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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. :( SignatureService 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 > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message >> > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > 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 "Anthony Fremont c.nt " ** 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 "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? "Anthony Fremont " ** The vilest sub human, know nothing AUTISTIC on this NG. ....... Phil > "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. SignatureService 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 >> "Anthony Fremont " >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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! SignatureRich Grise, Self-Appointed Chief, Apostrophe Police [1] SACAP. ;-P > 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 "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 > 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 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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