who bought the much more discharging trays?

[SgRddY]

alright, who went to hobbies shop today to bougth the last 2 much more discharging trays?  now i am going to have to wait a little more for my.  it's a funny story really, cuz i called dave yesterday and asked him about the discharging tray and he said to come down because there were 2 left so i didn't go ahead with my bidding on ebay for one.  and guess what happened when i went down to the hobbies shop today?  GONE... yes they were all gone.   and the one on ebay?  GONE.....this is no mean bitching,  just sharing a little story with you guys.

you know who you are......LOL....

[limey]

oh ken

those two trays have been there for about a month 8O

the indy didn't peek your fancy? or did I turn you on to the BLING
:wink:

[SgRddY]

dave, do you know why they were there for a month and i didn't buy them?  cuz i didn't have any battery packs to discharge....LOL.......
and talk about the BLING.  i might have to sell the BLING BLING on my truck to buy the smaller BLING BLINGs...

[WhoDoYouThink]

Ken, it's ok dude, you can use the one I bought until the Shaver Shop gets a couple more of the discharger trays in. :-) Which hopefully, won't be long!

[RYY]

Are most guys discharging with the much more or the integy?
With that what amp discharge are you getting with the chosen tray?
RYY

[jamminjim]

A lot of guys use their Victor chargers to discharge their batteries.

[Tom]

I use my car.

[Grinder]

Are most guys discharging with the much more or the integy?
With that what amp discharge are you getting with the chosen tray?
RYY

A discharge tray is the most basic circuit ever.  Basically it just puts a fixed load across each individual cell.  The reason they have a load for each additional cell is that if you run the batteries too low in series there is the potential to reverse the voltage on a cell = bad.  It is usually just a power resistor that limits the current.  Some have lights or a volt meter but they all do the same basic thing.  The Integy and Much More are likely the same physically and just relabeled.  

There are a few common discharge trays.  The one I use is a 6A discharge.  There are also 20 or 30A trays and even dead short trays (the battery should be nearly flat to use a dead short).  Basically using a heavy discharge rate will give you more punch and less battery longevity.  The best way I think is to discharge the battery in the car then when its flat put it on the 6A tray to bring it right down.  I wait until the battery itself is cool (the resistors will cool off first) which is usually about an hour after its flat in the car.  If you can't use all the battery up you can use a bulb discharger (bunch of bulbs in parallel) to bring it down or I just put it on my 6A tray and use my 10A discharge on my charger which puts a decent load on it.

Using a tray to discharge keeps the batteries healthy by keeping the cells more evenly matched.  Healthy batteries means more power and longer run times (not that run times are usually an issue for us).

well mr grinder.............why arent you just makin some for us club members since............for a master at soldering and batteries..it should take no time at all................ill take two and ill pick them up tomorow nite at the track............i just want equalizer trays :twisted:

[Grinder]

DOG BALL!  The infamous Victoria IROCC driver....

No problem - you build the jigs and I'll solder in the resistors.  You just need to machine up some posts and cut out the trays.  You can use mine as a template if you want.  The 6A ones aren't a big deal since you can use 5W resistors but I think if you want to do 30A you are gonna need a 25W which is bigger/more expensive...

i told you the dog only comes out in nitro...........this isnt nitro! ok ill get the trays made and let ys know! see ya  tomorow

[Tom]

Check out Keystone part #208; that's what I've used on my trays.

[limey]

Muchmore trays are back in stock at the shavershop