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Old 04-25-2011 | 04:20 PM
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Duster_360
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Maybe, depends on the voltage left and whether its damaged. If its puffed and still growing, its done, its dangerous and needs to be outside somewhere it can't do any damage.

If it hasn't puffed, you can try charging it as a NiMh (you'll have to select the appropriate number of cells to make charger happy with the voltage it does have) at low rate like 0.2 - 0.5amps. Watch the voltage and let it charge till you've got it back over 3v/cell (6+v for a 2S) and then stop charge. It should now take a charge as a lipo - if at any time during either charge process, it starts to swell, stop charging immed and take it somewhere outside where it can't do any damage.

Even if it does successfully charge this way and charges as a lipo, you have damaged it internally and it may not perform as before.
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