Originally Posted by
Duster_360
Most lipo incidents are the reult of user error in charging (charging as wrong battery type). With lipo you need a good, lipo capable balancing charger. Balancing lets charger monitor the voltage of individual cells in the lipo battery. If there is a potential prob with a cell, then charger can shut charge off as needed.
The SkyCharger linked above is a good balancing lipo capable charger. There is another popular one from Hobbyparts, the Thunder AC-6 -
http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html
Either charger would do a good job.
first line of the quote is the best quote when talking about lipos.
the the hobby partz link is bogus. their stuff is made overseas and are knock offs of the real deal. but overseas you will not see the logo "CE" either on a peel proof, or hologram sticker on it. when i was living in a tent back in 2003 in the desert a marine bought a cheap electric razor and while charging it it caught fire and they ran out (a marine or 8-9 marines who leaves his m16's in a burning tent...must have been in a hurry!) well after his tent burnt, and about 10 others since the tents are 10 feet from one another it was found out that it was a electric short inthe charger of the electric razor. lucky the fire never got any one hurt, and the bullets spraying the fire didn't get us seabees that were there with construstion h2o tankers put out the blaze.
don't go cheap, specially if you younger son maybe using them! teach him to use a lipo bag also one time buy for $20.00 bucks may save you from waiting for a insurance claim to come in.
-sorry for the long book -arick