battery problems

sawhit4 · #1 11-24-2003, 06:57 PM

are the batteries in the car soldered to wires or can you remove then like in the back of a tv remote? sorry for the comparison but its all i could think of. you know where there are springs pressing on the battery and you kinda wedge the batteries in between the springs. hope yall understant what im talking about

sawhit4 · #2 11-24-2003, 06:59 PM

oh yeah im talkin about the car that www.tinyrc.com is selling for $94

sawhit4 · #3 11-24-2003, 07:01 PM

are the batteries the same size as a AA or a AAA

cdog4w · #4 11-25-2003, 07:35 PM

I just got the one from tiny about a month ago, its a 3/2 saddle pack soldered together with nubs on 2 ends that connect to spring contacts that you slide in where the 4 cell battery springs normall go. You can slide the contacts (from esc) in and out, so you can disconnect the batteries when not in use. Hope this helps.

sawhit4 · #5 11-25-2003, 07:47 PM

so when using a 4 cell pack they arent soldered togeather?

cdog4w · #6 11-25-2003, 08:02 PM

From what I gathered, the old 4 cell designed used a normal 4 piece battery compartment, with springs for every cell. With the new 5 cell, the batts are soldered together, the normal battery springs are removed (which had a contact on each side of every battery) and no just has 2 contacts with the battery pack. But I never had or saw one of the old models so I'm not positive.

sawhit4 · #7 11-25-2003, 08:29 PM

on the 5 cell one where is the 5th cell located on the car? arent the cell divided into groups of 2 on each side on the cars chassis

cdog4w · #8 11-26-2003, 02:14 AM

Yea, there are 2 2 cell trays that the batteries fit into. The 5th cell stacks like a pyramid on one of the sides (they're shrinkwrapped into a pack).

sawhit4 · #9 11-26-2003, 08:43 AM

oh. do you think that batter holders from radioshack would fit if the car and the holder was modified?

cdog4w · #10 11-26-2003, 12:25 PM

Don't think so, they're an exact fit for the batteries. Why bother tho, the care starts as 5 cell and all you have to do is buy or make your own 6 cell pack... I'm sure you could do more if you wanted to do a square style 4 cell configuration on each side... tho don't think I've heard of anyone running an X off more than 6 cells.

sawhit4 · #11 11-26-2003, 01:55 PM

what kind of charger do i need for the cells?

cdog4w · #12 11-26-2003, 02:26 PM

Tiny sells the an xpress brand charger that was like $20 or something and designed for the mini-x battery pack. He seems to be out of stock tho, but you can pick one up here
http://microrcracing.com/mini_x_4wd.htm

I've emailed Tiny a few times about the next restock on mini-x parts, even posted and he doesn't seem to be answering email or responding to posts (that or he's ignoring me).

sawhit4 · #13 11-26-2003, 02:39 PM

sweet now i cant wait untill christmas (mini x mini cooper) im getting goosebumps!!!

sawhit4 · #14 01-17-2004, 01:45 PM

ok we have a problem. i ordered from microrcracing and i never got what i paid for. nothing came so i sent an email and didnt get a response so i want to order from a different site. can someone give me a link to another site where i can get a charger for a 4-6 cell battery pack? thanks

cdog4w · #15 01-17-2004, 02:56 PM

Depending on how much you want to pay you can get a nicer charger anyway. I have the bc 100 or whatever charger from xpress, which works fine for charging what I have. The nice thing about the more expensive ones would be configurable current rates etc. so you can charge a greater variety of cells and number of cells. I'm not positive, but I bet you could use the fancy ones to charge your bits too if you have them (and I bet it would do a better job that the ****ty quick charge the controller does).

Can anyone with a bit more knowledge confirm any of this or reccomend a good charger?