Lipo storage case?
 

I have several 7.4v 2c lipos. Does anybody know where i can get a storage case? I have not see one for the lipos yet. Any help would be great. Thanks

Go to your local Army/Navy store and get an old ammo box.. they are cheap. Safety first :sneaky:

+1

They are absolutely fire and explosion proof. Air tight as well which would go a long way to keeping a flameup to a minimum. I've been using ammo cans for years.

Awesome idea! I'll be visiting the surplus store this week :D

http://www.walmart.com/ip/SentrySafe...-Chest/5871661

This lil guy would work good too!!:nod: For 20 bucks, it's fire AND explosion proof. You can't beat it.

I use a .50 cal ammo can...

I drilled a few holes as a vent...as if anything were to happen, I'd be worried about having them in an airtight container

Air tight = BIG EXPLOSION!! some guy tested a fire proof box and had a vent on it and the vent was not big enough the whole lid blew right off and it exploded!!

:eek: You may have a point there. :lol: How much colateral damage was there? Was the surrounding area affected? Just wondering if the safe was the only thing damaged in the explosion. If so... it did its' job.

The Sentry fire box would probably work perfect with the lid closed but not locked. If the lipo burned it would lift the lid just enough to let the gases out but still contain the heat.

Anybody had a lipo "go off" while in storage?

Any other ideas? Thanks

I go by the following theory. My LHS has dozens of LiPo batteries sitting either on hooks, in a display case, or on a shelf. There are tens of thousands of the things (if not more) sitting in warehouses right now waiting to get shipped, along with those that are in transit to someone at this very moment. If they were that unstable we would be hearing about fires all the time and no hobby shop owner or distributor that sells them could afford the insurance ;)

If the thing is damaged and I'm trying to figure out what to do with it it's different, but normally I do what they do at the hobby shop and put them on a shelf for storage.

The only time I have ever heard of one going off is if it was damaged in a crash or if someone was doing a demo and blowing one up on purpose.

I happen to have one of these for some paperwork I keep at home. Go to Wal-Mart and take a look at the thing in person. It's fire and explosion resistant from the outside, not the inside.

It's not particularly likely, but it has happened. Scroll down to the bottom of this list and you'll see a few instances of batteries going off with no determinable cause.

I err on the side of caution. I put mine in a liposack and then store the whole thing in an ammo box. I keep the lid closed, but I've yet to put a "damaged or suspect" lipo in the box. I suppose if I did, I would leave the box unlatched with the the lipo in the sack inside.

If I ever encounter a situation where a have a "puffed" lipo, I will be getting rid of it right away with the following disposal technique:

http://www.rctoys.com/pr/2007/07/06/...battery-packs/

Now there also seems to be some confusion as to whether this works if you have not made an opening in the batterys covering. I really can't argue it either way. With the hard case batterys I don't know how you would do this. I don't know that I want to do this lol. I think the key to the whole thing is discharging the pack. From what I've read, if its too charged then the salt water will eat the tabs off the pack before its fully neutralized and discharged.