New battery - charge time?

[Intense]

Got a new battery today after a few recommendations! Just wondered how i work out how long to charge it? I'm using my wall plug in charger (was told an hour from a quick charger connected to car battery)

Any tips/info greatly appreciated!

Dan

[metalmickey0]

Got a new battery today after a few recommendations! Just wondered how i work out how long to charge it? I'm using my wall plug in charger (was told an hour from a quick charger connected to car battery)

Any tips/info greatly appreciated!

Dan
What ampage output is your charger? And what Mah is your battery. Is it a Nihm then as i`ve never seen a Lipo wall charger asthey need special chargers

[Intense]

Battery is a standard one, 3500mah, wall charger says output 300ma

Dan

[Robocop]

Few hours i am afraid best thing is to invest in a better charger like a core on as it will do 12v and 240 so you can use it every where

[longy8ight]

thats quite a slow charger im affraid mate e.g if the charger charges at 1000ma(1a) then a 3500mah battery will take 3 & 1/2 hours to charge fully,so if you charged it at 3.5a (3500ma) it will take 1 hour to charge,as your charger is only 300ma by my calculations your battery will take about 11 & 1/2 hours to charge.i think you need to get a better charger,one thats has got at least a 1amp charge rate.

Hope this helps dave

[Intense]

doh! okay, well my fast charger should do it good when i'm at race meetings, suppose my charger will just have to chug away for now!

Dan

[chris brown]

When I got my first rc car which was a Tamiya Grasshopper I remember the battery took 14 to 16 hours to charge:o I only had one :o:o

[longy8ight]

my first car was a tamiya sand rover and that was the same,15 hours to charge for a 10 minute run.its insane how rc technology has changed over the years.