Originally Posted by
Duster_360
Yes, I did, there were 7 lipos I lost - puffed from just sitting - were in a lipo sack, just sitting in my heated house at 68-72F. I had charged them all and then discharged 50% of label capacity like was recommended at that time. Some were new, some pretty well used (>100cycles). These were the very first lipos I owned and this was almost 4yrs ago now. They were left for 11weeks when I was in Calgary on business.
I don't see any connection between these and the 3S Proteks that are sitting connected in my radio.
Just seems that a lipo connected to any circuit would be more likely to over discharge. I can think of a bunch of reasons why a radio may end up sitting for some time, perhaps unexpectedly. I've heard of guys accidentally leaving their radio on too, I’ve loaned out AAs at the track a couple of times.
I guess I just lean towards the safe side, I rarely even charge nimh in the radio on the slight chance that something may go haywire. Which incidentally I just had happen recently with a separate AA charger that flaked out, didn't shut off. Fortunately nothing more than burnt cells and a nasty smell. But I’m glad it wasn’t in the radio.
Oh, I thought you were only supposed to leave your exes in TX?
