Battery Question
 

I have some 1800 Venoms I got free with my E-Maxx. I just use them for bashing around as spares on the E-Maxx. Last nite, one of them charged, but didnt have any power in it. I hooked it up to my bulb discharger and nothing, no light.

So I hooked it back up to my peak charger, and again charged it. Again, nothing.

I did this once more today and it did make the bulbs go slightly dim on the discharger. I decided to try it on the E-Maxx. After 3min of running, 1 battery was fine, the other one that has been giving me problems was HOT! (E-Maxx uses 2 packs at once)

Any idea what is wrong with this pack and what I can do to fix it?

Thanx.

Could sound like you have one or two damaged cells in that pack... Do some of the cells get warm during charge before the others?

toss it (and the other one) in the bin and buy some 3300 sticks to replace it. why bother trying to fix a crap pack....

Sounds like you have a bad cell or two. It would probably be better to just buy a new pack them to try to repair it.

Thats what I thought. They are cheap and I am not worried out replacing them.

I just got into this hobby a little over a month ago. I built a TC3, got a E-Maxx and a Revo.

I am using Ni-Cd packs, 4x1800 and 4x2400 so far. I use the 2400 for the TC3 and the 1800 for the E-Maxx.

After this winter I am gonna buy a better charger and start to buy some good cells. But since I am still learning, the cheap ones are cool.

Thanx for the help guys.

that's what I call a smart racer.