Doug McLaren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, the Triton can charge through a diode. It can't discharge
(which makes sense), but it can charge.
I don't know why you're saying that, but you're wrong. In normal operation
the Triton stops charging for a few seconds each minute in order to sense
One point I haven't seen addressed in this thread is the possibility of
damage to the charger. I have both Futaba and JR radios in my shop and have
had the experience Scobie had a couple of times (slow learner, I guess).
The batteries in the transmitter were not measurably damaged, but the
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 08:06:56AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Doug McLaren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
|
| Actually, the Triton can charge through a diode. It can't discharge
| (which makes sense), but it can charge.
|
| I don't know why you're saying that, but you're wrong.
No, I'm not.
Doug McLaren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do it all the time, and here's some pictures of me
doing it :
http://mclaren.frenzy.com/~dougmc/RC/triton-charging-through-diode/
That's a pretty convincing argument you've put together, and you went to a
lot of trouble to do it. Very interesting!
Folks,
I have to take action here! The Sirius Charger will NOT charge
through the diode because of the safety features built in to it. It has to
see at least 1 volt of POSITIVE voltage before it will start a charge. This
is why it won't blow the fuse in a JR radio if accidently plugged in
George Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The info on our web site is accurate!
So you're saying that Doug McLaren's batteries are at risk?
By the way, BEWARE of fast chargers that claim to work through a diode. It
is impossible to do proper peak detection through a diode, due to the diode
voltage
Y'all know I'm no electronics whiz, so I'd appreciate a little advice if any
is necessary:
I just charged both of my JR TX's for several hours using two wall chargers.
One charger was stock JR, the other one I THOUGHT was my other stock JR wall
charger. but I now see that it was actually a
Hello Scobie,
Yes, the JR charger for the RADIO (only) is REVERSED.
If you pluged in a charger from a different brand
(with reversed polarity) into the radio it will short
out the fuse in the TX. You will have to replace the
fuse.
Regards,
Cameron Ninham
--- Scobie Puchtler [EMAIL
Scobie Puchtler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to remember from my days of wiring various other chargers that the
wall charger polarity on a Hitec and JR chargers might be opposite.
That's right, they are. The JR charging plug has the negative connection on
the tip and the positive connection
Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you pluged in a charger from a different brand
(with reversed polarity) into the radio it will short
out the fuse in the TX. You will have to replace the
fuse.
You'd think so, but apparently not because he already said his radio is okay:
I already put the
Pittsfield ME
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Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you pluged in a charger from a different brand
(with reversed polarity
A friend of mine did exactly this with a JR 8103. He charged it up, and
it looked OK. 8 minutes into his first flight with a 33% Edge with a
DA100 on it he went into failsafe and crashed into a big lake at the
site. Total loss of the plane.
Batteries are cheap. Spend $30 and get a bigger NiMH
Richard Hallett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most radios and modern equipment have a diode in them just for this
accident.
JR radios for USA use don't. I often charge the batteries in my JR radios
through the charging jacks with my Triton charger. Peak chargers like the
Triton can't work with
If the pack was healthy to start with, you may be fine. This will depend
greatly on pack condition, and just how long you had thme on reverse charge.
You state that you now have the proper charger on the TX in question for
a while now. I suggest checking right away to see whether the TX
Scobie,
There is a lot of bogus mation being passed around.
1st, the JR radio's do have reversed polarity, if you had plugged the Hitec
charger into it, it should have blown the fuse.
2nd, reverse charging the Hitec radio with the JR charger could have
damaged the cells beyond repair, the
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:34:41PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| JR radios for USA use don't. I often charge the batteries in my JR radios
| through the charging jacks with my Triton charger. Peak chargers like the
| Triton can't work with diodes in the circuit.
Actually, the Triton can
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