These are all the reasons I installed the battery meter in the back of the Sturmtiger coping Steve T's idea. It's not an exact voltage reading, but it gives me a good idea of the state of the charge in the batteries (SLAs).
Derek On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Cold comfort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the info, its been very helpful. > Greg > > On Nov 14, 11:40 am, Frank Pittelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos wrote: >> > Good you pointed out Frank, so what is the voltage of a lead 12 Volt >> > battery >> > after say the end of a battle, when it's too weak and the motors don't spin >> > anymore? >> >> Probably down around 10v or so. That's why we don't get a "full" >> lifetime out of our batteries, which are not designed for "deep >> discharge". Unfortunately, it's less expensive to purchase commodity >> batteries more often than to purchase deep discharge batteries once. >> >> Frank P. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
