First TIme charging Tamiya 4000mah 6v

[besty22]

Hi guys
Looking for any tips on charging the above battery for the first time.
I was going to trickle charge it but am looking for advice from people who may know better.
The battery is the big block battery that came with my hilux

Cheers
Chris

[RC104ever]

I'm guessing that's an old NiCd or NiMh battery? If so, just hook it up and charge it, nothing really else to do. If you have a newer charger, set it to the correct chemistry. If its an older charger, just plug it in - but if it doesn't have a shut off, you'll need to monitor it by the temperature method.

[besty22]

Thanks for that, yeah, its a Nicad , I will probably just charge it at 1 A for 4 hours .
I have a multi battery type charger so it wi have auto cut off.

[tamiya]

there are 5x 4000mAh D-cells in there, also used in old T tanks

if the nicads are showing decent signs of life (voltage > 5V)
it can be charged at 2-4A... use nicad setting on charger


those tank packs use a different battery plug too...

[besty22]

Hey thanks for the tip. I just moved house so all the Rc car stuff is on hold for a bit. I noticed the pugs were different so I made an adapter. Cheers

[tamiya]

yeah I bought out a whole heap of those 6V tank plugs BiTD... still got them today