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rcnewbieman 05-03-2014 10:52 AM

lipo battery problem
 
hey people i own a lipo battery which has been in storage of about 1 to 2 months now and just a few days ago i took it out and tried to balance charge it like i normally do and it wouldnt charge due to low cell voltage. On my H.K battery buzzer it cells voltage is read as

all cells :6.20

cell 1 : 0.58

cell 2 :3.15

cell 3 :2.56

it is in a bad situation and its my first lipo to have ever done that straight out of storage.I have only owned this lipo for only 3 or 4 month is ther any possible way to fix this or should i just give up on it and trash it:confused: please help :(
P.S only been charged 5 time form the time it was bought

thanks for any advice given

klaymon 05-03-2014 12:00 PM

Cell one is hosed and cell 3 isn't exactly good. I would trash it and start over. Anything below 3V/cell on a LiPo is not a good position to be in.

ThePanda 05-03-2014 12:13 PM

It is dead for sure.

rcnewbieman 05-03-2014 01:20 PM

thanks for the heads up guys and what lipo batteries would you recommend for someone? i am not looking into spending to much money on high end lipo batteries but i need something just to be used at the time

klaymon 05-03-2014 01:35 PM

Maybe look at some Turnigy batteries from Hobby King. They're pretty economical.

Hoese37 05-03-2014 06:58 PM

Spend a little more on some quality packs and you wont have this issue. The problem was the pack you had had very high internal resistance, so much so that it drained itself on on two cells. Check out SMC-racing.com for some of the best cells at an even better price.

Yosh70 05-03-2014 07:12 PM

When you left it a month or two ago, how much charge was in it?

And what kind was it just for sh*ts and giggles.....

davidwills 05-03-2014 11:39 PM

Charge your lipo pack with Storage charge mood, if your balance charger have this function, and there will be long time no use it.

GE power 11.1V 2200mAh 25C http://www.focalrc.com/ge-power-11-1...er-p20438.html

rcnewbieman 05-04-2014 09:57 AM


Originally Posted by Yosh70 (Post 13234808)
When you left it a month or two ago, how much charge was in it?

And what kind was it just for sh*ts and giggles.....


it was in storage mood when i left it and its a hardcase zippy 30c series 5000mah lipo battery :sweat:


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