New arrival - 'nuff said
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Lone Wolf, did you check all your packs for any weak cells before your fire? I started a thread on rc groups to get their thoughts on parallel charging. some do, some don't. personally, I will continue to parallel charge and always check cells prior to charging. also going to set up a plastic bag filled with sand that will melt and spill contents on any fire that may start. thanks for sharing your experience and glad you caught the fire in time.
TBH I wasn't checking the cells before charging at that point as they were all newly purchased 6S packs with roughly 10 cycles through them, I was checking them before running and right after but obviously should have checked before charging. All the packs/cells seemed very healthy. I do wonder though what peoples thoughts are on where they draw the line on when to retire a pack, when cells vary by say .1 volts? Seems discharging packs doesn't pose such a problem if the packs are out by .1 but when it comes to charging...well look what I experienced! I also feel that the carnage was worsened by thhe fact that these were 6S packs, a shorted 2S pack won't do near the damage I am sure, maybe I should switch over to running 3S packs instead of 6S for safety sake...but what a pain for charging!
When you guys say check cells - would that be the same thing as the display on a balancing charger? Something else?
May your batteries never fail you...
Mike
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
O and to answer the original question, I store my batteries in my shop and I keep the ac on 75f to 78f during the warm months.
32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) was
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