Originally Posted by
Razathorn
It sounds like you may have received a bad reedy. Your batteries shouldn't get much above room temperature, even after running for 20+ minutes with a good mod driving aggressively. Mine don't, ever. The warmest my most abused reedy got was "Hey, this thing isn't ice cold this time" -- I would have to estimate it was around 75F in a room that was 70F ambient, and most of that heat probably came from the speedo and motor right next to the battery.
Wayne
WOW! I usually temp my lipo's around 120 after a good run. And those are the Trak Power high dollar ones...now the ACE 5300 only about 110...I am running a MMM 2650kv...in the Slash I run some Intellect 4000 and they top out around 100 in temp after 15 minutes...
All lipos I have ever used (all 16 of them) get hot when discharged, but never hot when charged and I balance charge all of them.
The most a 2s lipo is worth should be about $60 each. I don't know how EPIC and REEDY can slap a box and sticker and MAYBE resolder a pack and add $160.....