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How’s Your Nicads?
From the Suffolk Aero Modelers, Long Island, New York
by Ted Brindle
The Nicad batteries that we use in our transmitters and aircraft wear out with time. If you have a battery pack that is more than three years old, you should be keeping a close check on it by cycling every month. If it is five years or older, you should replace it and be sure to properly dispose of the old cells. So, how do we tell the age of our batteries?
Most Futaba battery packs and individual Sanyo battery cells (which most OEM radio manufacturers use) have a two-letter date code stamped somewhere on the pack or cell. The first letter of the code is the year of manufacture and the second letter is the month of manufacture. 1996=A, 1997=B, 1998=C, etc. January=A, February=B, March=C, etc.
If you have a battery or pack with a date code of IB, it was manufactured in February of 2004. Probably still okay but keep a close check on it. The pack in my 8UAF transmitter was ZF, or June of 1995 so I replaced it. I found one pack with a date code of WC which translates to 1992; replaced that one without question.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:10 am
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June 15th, 2009 at 12:16 am
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The rc airplane kit I got from your site is the best! I really love the details and the paintwork in this model. It’s like I’m flying the real thing. And I really love the price too because it was very reasonable. Thanks for having this plane…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:18 am
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The rc airplane kit I got from your site is the best! I really love the details and the paintwork in this model. It’s like I’m flying the real thing. And I really love the price too because it was very reasonable. Thanks for having this plane i…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:18 am
How’s Your Nicads In That Electric Powered Airplane’s Radio | Air Land Sea Hobbies…
The rc airplane kit I got from your site is the best! I really love the details and the paintwork in this model. It’s like I’m flying the real thing. And I really love the price too because it was very reasonable. Thanks for having this plane i…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:23 am
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I’ve been searching for a great battery pack for my rc car so I can spend more time driving than charging my batteries. The battery pack I got really works great and it really packs up the power I need. I want to get more packs for my other vehicle…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:24 am
How’s Your Nicads In That Electric Powered Airplane’s Radio | Air Land Sea Hobbies…
I’ve been searching for a great battery pack for my rc car so I can spend more time driving than charging my batteries. The battery pack I got really works great and it really packs up the power I need. I want to get more packs for my other vehicle…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:24 am
How’s Your Nicads In That Electric Powered Airplane’s Radio | Air Land Sea Hobbies…
I’ve been searching for a great battery pack for my rc car so I can spend more time driving than charging my batteries. The battery pack I got really works great and it really packs up the power I need. I want to get more packs for my other vehicle…
June 15th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Hows Your Nicads In That Electric Powered Airplanes Radio | Air Land Sea Hobbies…
Ive been searching for a great battery pack for my rc car so I can spend more time driving than charging my batteries. The battery pack I got really works great and it really packs up the power I need. I want to get more packs for my other vehicles a…