*attention all lipo users liposack saves my house*

[Rumdog]

Mine are sitting on my desk right now. Has anyone had one spontaneously combust? Meaning, while not in use, or not charging, or shorting?

[BakedMopar]

I've had a few puff while not in use.

[Rumdog]

I have also, but it was over discharged.

[FighterCat57]

Wow. Makes me shudder. I lost an entire garage while using a car battery charger near c16. Blew up 30 gallons, took out the entire garage. (relay sparked near fumes that had built up after closing the doors)

Glad you're OK. I know the charred fingers thing. Heal up soon!

[nomobux]

Paranoia (sp) is total awareness ..... I gotts paranoia

[BHChieftain]

I store my lipos in an ammo box *with the gasket seal removed* to allow it to vent (vs. blowing up), and I keep the ammo box in the fireplace.

I also charge my batteries in a lipo sack in the fireplace.

Chief

[BakedMopar]

Liposack has responded to an e-mail I sent. They said that the seams splitting happens very rarely. They have an replacement sent out free of charge. It was a warranty claim that I never thought I would have used.

BTW Doc said it's second degree burns to the fingers and chemical burns in the palm.

[Fluid]

i use an ammo box.

Several years ago at a race I watched a 6S LiPo pack being charged in a closed .30 calilber ammo box with the charger wires going through a 1/2" hole in the side. The already-fully-charged pack blew and the ammo box shot across the grass for ~20 feet like a rocket. Without the vent hole the ammo box would have exploded. Not a great idea in my experience, that's one reason why LiPo sacks are not sealed.




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[sjslhill]

Ouch

Glad your okay.....hope those chemical burns heal. I have an ugly scar from a non r/c chemical burn.

This just points out just how dangerous these darn LiPolys are. Everything can be safe for 2 or 3 years and wham!, a fire can burn your house down.

[sjslhill]

Jim Phelps, 3rd degree burns from plane Lipo burns. Jim has been in the hobby 30 years. All it takes is one small mistake or really none at all as in this case above

[graill]

You can say you will get around to it but you know...........fate always decides to bite folks in the ass at the most innopurtune times.

I posted this link in the last "omg i almost died due to a lipo fire" thread on a lipo fire. The small investment is worth the piece of mind. use enough refractory (kiln bricks) to make a 3 foot by 3 foot box or even 1 foot by 1 foot is very cheap compared to what you can lose. not even a blow torch will go through the 2-1/2 inch thick ones. you can even take a plastic milk crate and line the inside.

As i have said before i use an old kiln for charging discharching but that can be expensive to hunt down, the alternative are the bricks, and you do not need a bag with these.

a couple as a base and then several surrounding the base make a very nice and safe lipo charge vault, you can even buy a shelf (though they can be around 60 bucks or more) to also have a cover.

I never leave a charging lipo out of my sight, i watch in utter boredom as they charge and then balance hoping my music selection will last the entire time. 2 days of cycling, charging, for 3-12 minutes of fun......the work to fun ratio is off a bit..........

http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/Kiln-Building-Refractory-Bricks-s/24.htm

[HYDROJERRY]

Man i have mine in a plastic case,,not good,,? i have one 2s Turnigy 5000 that after i charge it or run it it doesnt feel like a little brick like my others feels like the packegde is just a hair flex like i thought it was just the covering but i gess it could be the battery itself,,,,it holds charge right and the cells ballance is it bad or could it just be the covering????PS glad to here your ok man!!!!could have been much worst..

[Insaniac]

Perhaps OSE should carry a safe charge/store sack or box?