LiPO question
10-14-2007, 07:20 PM
#31
Great to finally here from someone with some practical life experiance, and knows what there giving advice about and why...ive done more lipo aircraft than cars. and know if you can save a lipo from a airborne crash, your doing well. most lipo tab are ali and when broken i hope you can ali solder and there never as strong(my tip as much EPP foam as you can fit)or carbon wrap the pack from fnt to back leaving sides open
nice work turbo joe.
nice work turbo joe.
My friend killed a 6000 Maxamps cell in a few days with the same car I have -- same charger, same routine. It had a big dent right on the end and it smashed in the cells. It lost runtime really fast...my Platinum rocked for another year.
10-16-2007, 10:03 PM
#32
Tech Rookie
Thanks...I'm only speaking from what I've seen/done over the last couple years...LOL...my Platinum packs were dented in pretty good, but there's a board and some air space in there, so the actual cells are just fine.
My friend killed a 6000 Maxamps cell in a few days with the same car I have -- same charger, same routine. It had a big dent right on the end and it smashed in the cells. It lost runtime really fast...my Platinum rocked for another year.
My friend killed a 6000 Maxamps cell in a few days with the same car I have -- same charger, same routine. It had a big dent right on the end and it smashed in the cells. It lost runtime really fast...my Platinum rocked for another year.
LOL I have had a few speed run crashes that just about made me cry and my lipo's always came out fine.. teach him how to secure the batteries better and he can save some money
10-17-2007, 05:54 PM
#35
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Last edited by re270; 10-22-2007 at 12:20 PM.
10-17-2007, 07:39 PM
#38
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Last edited by re270; 10-22-2007 at 12:24 PM.
10-17-2007, 07:51 PM
#40
Well I charged and balanced the battery before I left the house, my son ran it for about 10 or so laps. He caught a pipe and stripped the servo horn so I disconnected the battery from the speed control and put the truck in the bed of my truck. The battery is about a month old and it was not swelled or damaged after his run. So as you put I am a dumbass, please enlighten me with all your infinite R/C wisdom what I possibly could have done to make this battery catch fire.
10-17-2007, 08:16 PM
#42
I honestly couldn't tell why this happened. As far as the manufacturer, I'm going to wait until I hear back from them before I say who it is.
10-17-2007, 08:21 PM
#43
Well I charged and balanced the battery before I left the house, my son ran it for about 10 or so laps. He caught a pipe and stripped the servo horn so I disconnected the battery from the speed control and put the truck in the bed of my truck. The battery is about a month old and it was not swelled or damaged after his run. So as you put I am a dumbass, please enlighten me with all your infinite R/C wisdom what I possibly could have done to make this battery catch fire.
10-17-2007, 08:26 PM
#44
Do the cases companies like orion put on their lipos actualy keep things like this from happening?
10-17-2007, 08:35 PM
#45
I would like to know would make a lipo catch fire at idle. I have heard overcharging will do it but It was not charging at the time. I have also heard that if it swells up that means a cell has gone bad, but when I checked it it looked the same as the day I got it. Could a cell go bad without it swelling up?
Last edited by re270; 10-18-2007 at 10:02 AM.