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Old 18-04-2011
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Originally Posted by truggy lover View Post
true or not now the lid is off the can the worms are out

charge in a sack , use a charger designed for lipo and be safe

all that matters really

neil

Sorry but doesnt always work using a LiPo sack, heres a pic to show from another forum............

Here a pic of my dads Lipo after it went up in flames a couple of weeks ago, he over discharged the pack down to 11.2v (14.8v pack) so not a huge amount over the minimum 12v. He put it on to charge but his charger didn’t recognize it said voltage to low but he managed to get it charging on a low 1 amp charge.

Left it charging for 5 hours then decided to up the charge amps to 3 amps, left it to make a phone call and could smell something burning came back to the pack to find it smoking so he chucked it outside on the drive. Then 1 minute later there was a huge whoosh sound and 5 foot flames on the drive which burned like this for about 3 minutes!! This was in a core-rc charge pouch also which as you can see did not contain the fire!! Be careful folks and never charge unattended or overdischarge.

This was a Hyperion battery which are regarded as one of the best on the market so not a cheap HK pack.

Thought it was worth sharing as I have to admit I had become complacent when charging.....





hope ive done this pic properly........
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