Got a 3800mah NiMH pack

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by HomeGrown

it was saved it runs like a dream too!!

if I got a nimh pack in that condition I would consider it junk. You may have gotten it to take a charge and work, but for how long will it work? It's lifespan has been seriously shortened by it being discharged that far for any length of time. The longer it sat like that, the more life or "cycles" it lost. Good luck.

[HomeGrown]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

if I got a nimh pack in that condition I would consider it junk. You may have gotten it to take a charge and work, but for how long will it work? It's lifespan has been seriously shortened by it being discharged that far for any length of time. The longer it sat like that, the more life or "cycles" it lost. Good luck.

see thats you tho.. i dont have the money to just go out and buy new stuff.. thats why its takin me so long to get LiPo stuff.. and by the looks of it its going to take me even longer to go LiPo.. all my money goes towards bills and stuff for my son.. makin $11.50 an hour and having a $1000 dollar house note on top of other bills dont leave me much room to buy anything for my RC.. so i'll take what i have and be happy with it.. i will use this battery till im dis-satisfied with it.. by that time i might have enough money saved to go LiPo but untill then.. i'll take my "junk" battery pack and continue to beat the shit outta my pede with it..

/end-rant.. (no offense)

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for sure, if it's working for you and you're having fun that's all that matters. I didn't mean to say you have junk, I just wanted to illustrate the point that sitting without a charge is very hard on nimh's, I'm always leary of used batteries