BE CAREFUL CHARGING LIPO's!!!!!!!!!!!

[yodaman88]

I want to share what just happened to me in hopes that others will learn and not have this happen to them. I had seen warnings and people say to use the lipo bags to charge your batteries, but I figured i would be fine since I always would inspect for damage before charging.
I put a 3 cell on charge then got distracted and and left it and ran down the street for some food. I was gone for about 20 min and when I returned, I opened my door to a house FULL of smoke, I couldn't even see down my hallway. After running around frantically I found the cause; the lipo had exploded and fallen on the floor, catching my carpet and wall on fire. Lucky for me the fire had burned itself out before I returned home. I am very lucky that it did not spread and engulf the house. In 20 minutes a bettery that seemed perfectly fine and always charged great, always kept balanced, caught fire and burned my wall and carpet.

Moral of the story, NEVER leave a battery on charge unattended, and always make sure that it is far away from anything flammable. If you charge inside your house, use a safety bag.

















and what is left of the battery

 

[HAPPY]

Dang. I fell asleep charging one the other night. Guess I will be more careful in the future.

Glad it wasn't any worse.

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[Infamous1]

dang man you are lucky!!!
i have an old metal ammo can with a hole drilled through the side i charge in, it works i guess!!

scared to death!!!!!

 

[untchabl]

I always charge my lipos in a lipo sack. It's also a good idea to store them in a lipo sack or an ammo can like Infamous mentioned.

 

[HAPPY]

I think I have a ammo can. I have never head of the lipo sack. May look into that as well.

 

[BUCKEYE PERFORMANCE INC.]

I always charge mine on the kitchen counter so that someone in the house wilk keep an eye on it but I think I may just take them to the shop for charging now.

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[want to wheel]

Yea you need to charge them in a ammo can or lipo sack with can be purchased at the local hobby shop aka Anderson RC


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[BShore]

Ammo can user here. Works great, although I've never had a fire test it.

 

[Jeremyfc1]

We used lipo on a electric motorcycle we ran for a while. Needless to say we had a lot of them. 64 to be exact. Watched I efface up taking out three packs with it and a $1500 balance charger. Luckily it was in out shop on a concrete floor. Still sucked and scared the crap out of us. Sold all lipos and went to lithium ion

 

[Mac5005]

The ex owner of pirate4x4 had one explode and catch fire in his RV while traveling. Burnt him pretty bad and burnt the rv to the ground.

I always charge mine outside in a big stainless pot set on some bricks, just in case.

 

[Infamous1]

I always charge mine outside in a big stainless pot set on some bricks, just in case.

Man if your neighbors see that you gon be accused of being Al Qaeda makin bombs!