Leisure Batteries

[Spanky855]

Hi All

Just reading through some old threads and cannot find any recent information on this.
Are you guys and girls still using Leisure Batteries for when there is no AC power available or is there another alternative.
In my day (30 Years Ago) we always used old 12v car batteries or leisure batteries but having recently come back onto the scene and being blown away by RC car batter technology are we still using Leisure Batteries to charge this new technology ??

Many Thanks Lee

[Yorkiebar]

Hi Lee,

I'm also back after 30 years, and there's still no better field power source than a decent 12V battery or a generator. Obviously the battery is much cheaper and quieter too.

Even though I have a leisure battery I still use an old car battery from time to time when the leisure one is spoken for, and easily lasts a full day running a dual charger.

[Spanky855]

Mate there seems to be a bit of a resurgence with us old racers, Im still puling together the kit and should be all good to go by Christmas but still not sure I will race, i was useless in the 80's so I doubt my reactions have improved , really appreciate your response , I fail to understand what I love about this hobby but I just do, a visit to a hobby shop bought back so many memories seeing the old Tamiya cars in there... too many G&T's plus a session on ebay and two days later a K2 roller comes through the post and the fun / confusion begins !

[Yorkiebar]

Ha, I said that too - I bought a Tamiya kit for my stepson for us to build together, telling him all about my old racing days when I was a kid. He got the hang of it pretty quick so I looked for a local track to see if he fancied a bit of racing. One practice day later he was racing.

After numerous breakages and cut short race days I decided it was time to get him a more robust racing buggy, just so happened the bloke I found his was selling two together... One chat with with the missus and I find myself behind the sticks again side by side with the lad.

We both love it and although I started off just having fun with him instead of just fixing it after every heat I'm now improving more each round - much more than when I was BITD - go figure!

Give racing a try, just for the fun of it again - wish I had done it sooner!

[mattr]

Originally Posted by Spanky855

but still not sure I will race, i was useless in the 80's so I doubt my reactions have improved

TBH, the cars are FAR more driveable now than they ever were before. I was useless when i quit (aged 13) and still useless when i came back (aged 38) i'm still not the fastest, and when i do race (infrequently) i'm only ever going to be propping up the back end of the field. But, a) i'm not last and b) clubs can't just run on a handful of older winners and a load of kids. It's no great hardship to *not* race so the club can run an event. Or to *not* practice and spend half a day digging holes in the track. You get the idea.

[daz75]

I was looking at leisure batteries when I got back into it. There are 3 of use racing so was worried about not having enough batteries. My lads use 17.5t Motors so do about 3 rounds before I swap. I do 2 rounds on 1 set. They don't loose charge when sat around like in the bad old days of batteries. So basically i charge them up the night before and all is good

[Casper7]

Most people at our track use Battery Booster packs, used to jump start cars, they are £50 from Halfords (UK) and have USB and Cig sockets on them, some even have LED Lights, easy to carry around and charge.

[Spanky855]

Thats the spirit, I just want to have a bit of fun with it, I was the same, pretty useless when i was younger but trying to get a Tamiya Frog around a muddy track and..... get the batteries to last for 5 mins was a challenge! I really looking forward to it. My K2 roller now has motor, Servo, Speed controller , than my partner dropped a little bit of a BOMB overing to buy the radio gera for Christmas !!! sooooo I guess I will have a fun Christmas day, like being a kid again but really wanted it up and running before then