wyorockcrazy

<div>Hey, i just bought my first rc, 1/8 rockslide new in box (dont have it yet, but should any day), it says you can run two batteries so i bought 7.2 5000 amh anddual battery adapter. can i hook this together with stock 2000 battery or is that a bad idea. i have read some forums that say the two batteries is to much power and strips out gears or breaks somthing.i dont know any thing about these, my friends have some rc's and it looked like fun but they dont know much about them either. also any advise on <span id="lw_1261006143_2" class="yshortcuts">spare parts</span> i should have or modify before they break.</div><div></div><div>thanks alot</div>

wyorockcrazy

Here is a reply i got just in case anyone else was wondering about this. The thing i dont get is every site that sales this say's that it is dual battery capable, maybe they are looking for an increase in parts sales!

<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Kindly do not run dual batteries on RockSlide Super Crawler. The Electronics are not designed to take more than 9 volts max. you might fry ESC before you even run it </font></div><div></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Just use one battery. you can buy 5000mAh 7.2v nimh pack for more power and time</font></div><div></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Best Regards</font></div><div></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ali Mansoor
<span id="lw_1261024480_0" class="yshortcuts">China Operations Manager</span>
RedCat Racing <span id="lw_1261024480_1" class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: medium none; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; cursor: hand">Phoenix, Arizona, USA</span>
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rubberman1982

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I can see it hurting it in series but parallel should just give you more run time, like on the mini revo vxl, you can run either way.

wyorockcrazy

what do you mean by parrallel? i bought extra battery and wires that are Y shaped</p>

wyorockcrazy

by putting to 7.2v batteries together does that equal more voltage then?

The Mad Modder

It depends,when wired in series, they produce more voltage, when wired in parallel, they last longer. Generally it's not a good idea to wire batteries in parallel, because when one gets low, the other tries to charge it and they could be damaged. ESCs that support two batteries may look like they running parallel, but due to internal circuitry, they run in series.

wyorockcrazy

i would just like to thank everybody for there input, really helps me out alot!