Originally Posted by Rick Hohwart
You are welcome to send the battery back to Team Orion. It COULD be defective. We have received approximately 10 returns (out of 3000+ packs)with failures of this type. In all cases, user error was to blame. Usually the problem was charging in the wrong mode (NiMH rather than LiPo). One charged using a non-LiPo charger.
The temerature seems high. They should not get as hot as a NiMH at the time of peak. Nor should they be as hot as NiMH after use.
Did you charge the battery, unhook it and leave it alone? Was it in a car, plugged in? Or...?
Was this the first charge for this battery? Was this the first LiPo charge with the charger?
To answer your questions Rick, Yes I charged it, unhooked it and left it overnight. It looked OK when I left it but had burst it's case when I got to the shop in the morning. It was not in a car but on the bench, and not plugged to anything.
This was it's first charge and the first LIPO charged with one from a new stock of Orion Advantage chargers I had just received to sell.
I like to run things myself before offering to customers so I know what I'm talking about when a customer asks. The charger charges Nimh packs OK. I have not risked using it again on another new LIPO.
Like I said, I charged at 6 amps. Should they take this or shouldn't they. I know the instructions say up to 4 amps but other knowledgeable folk have assured me that they can be charged at up to 10 amps without problems.
Perhaps it was a duff pack, or could it be the charger?