DX7 Charge time.?

[BaRoN30s]

was wondering just how long you put your dx7 on charge before taking it off.??

i use the specified charger that fast lads supplied for me with the dx7. BUT no matter how long its on charge the red light on the charger just keeps red.

i usually leave it charging overnight prob over 12+ hrs before disconnecting it..

does it really need this long.? or will a couple of hours do the job.?

i dont wonna under charge it but at the same time i dont wonna over charge it...

thank.
baron.

[Tom Burgess]

just leave it on over night on a wall charger. red light wont go out its a trickle charger, very few of them have delta peak cutoff

[chugga-bug]

I use a futaba wall charger (polarity reversed of course!) and often leave it on for days at a time. Been doing that for about a year and half now, with no problems.

[Butuz]

I use Cellpro Multi 4 to charge mine - brilliant little charger, charge at 1 amp so it takes well under 2 hours plus when it's charged it auto cut off's and goes on to trickle charge (I then disconnect ).

Those wall chargers that just keep charging forever ruin nimh/nicads early. A good friend of mine who has been charging NICAD/NIMH as part of his job for eons of years swears by not using the cheap wall chargers, he says get 10x extra life out of each batt using a high quality charger they pay for themselves for him - probably won't for most of us though. He swears by high end Robbe charger's,

Butuz

[BaRoN30s]

thanks guys. so i guess there's no worries of over charging it & killing the battery then..

[chugga-bug]

thanks guys. so i guess there's no worries of over charging it & killing the battery then..

Not in my experience. Like I say, I've been charging mine like this for nearly 2 years. Used to do the same with my old 7C futaba also. Still on the original Spektrum battery and it lasts as long now as it did when new.

[Rctintin]

I leave mine on for 16 hours (using a plug in timer) but I do have 2700 mah battery in mine.

[BaRoN30s]

nice one cheers guys. i will leave mine on again tonight overnight. think its only the 4th time its been on charge & had it over 6 months. it seems to be lasting agers.. tho i prob only fly a couple of times a week.

thanks again.

[Holst]

nice one cheers guys. i will leave mine on again tonight overnight. think its only the 4th time its been on charge & had it over 6 months. it seems to be lasting agers.. tho i prob only fly a couple of times a week.

thanks again.

Check the voltage

Once its charged there is no need to keep it plugged in.

Ive just got my DX7 but I dont have any way to charge it, as I only have cellpro lipo chargers. The battery is fully charged at the moment so I have some time to work out a solution

[chugga-bug]

I just can't understand why Spektrum still don't supply a charger with the TX
Ridiculous if you ask me...

[BaRoN30s]

i asked the same question when i bought my dx7. ya pay all that money for the tranny, then have to pay a few quid extra to get the charger for it..