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Old 01-08-2011 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Wylie27
Yeah and how many Lipo's have you personally see "burst into a ball of fire"
Actually only 4 or 5 and usually due to improper charging/charger or just plain shorting pos and neg for an extended period.

It results in a ball of fire about 2ft x 2ft.

Each have been left in the car while charging or shorted while racing.

They don't explode like the NiMH tho.
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