The Ni-Cd N3-U Battery (Japanese: カドニカ単３型バッテリー, Kadonika Tan 3-gata Batterī) was a battery manufactured by Sanyo (A subsidary company of Panasonic) and released by Tamiya in the 80's. It was the company's first AA-size rechargeable battery.
This battery was meant to power Tamiya's Quick Drive R/C cars. It comes in 2-battery packs and 8-battery packs and is included with certain Tamiya battery chargers.
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The external of the battery was mostly in gray with N3-U and Tamiya labels on it. later revision of the same battery has the green recycle label on the lower part of the battery.
Compared to the Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery, the regular Ni-Cd battery from Tamiya has lower electric output.
However, as with other nickel-cadmium batteries, it suffers from a high self-discharge rate and contains cadmium, the use of which has declined in recent years due to its toxicity. This, along with the memory effect common with other nickel-cadmium batteries, led to it being discontinued and replaced by nickel–metal hydride batteries like the NeoChamp.
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| Batteries and chargers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-rechargeable | Tamiya PowerChamp | Original · EX · Gold · SP · GR/GR2 · GX/GX-Gold · GZ · RC · FD · GT · RS · RX | |
| Fujitsu | Fujitsu Premium G · Fujitsu Premium · Fujitsu Premium S | ||
| Rechargeable | Tamiya | Ni-Cd · Mini 4WD Ni-Cd · Ni-Cd 1000 · NeoChamp | |
| Fujitsu | Fujitsu Lite | ||
| Chargers | 2-battery | Mini 4WD Ni-Cd Battery Charger · AC Fast Charger 40 min. · AC Fast Charger 30 min. · Green AC Fast Charger · NC-MDR02 · AC Quick Charger/AC Quick Charger II | |
| 4-battery | Ni-Cd Battery Charger · AC Quick Charger PRO/AC Quick Charger PRO II | ||
| 8-battery | QD Octa-Charger · Mini 4WD Octa-Charger | ||