Split second lipo short !
 

I'm so annoyed at myself, lol :cry:

Bought 2 new hard case 5000Mah 40c stick packs today, whilst connecting one to my charger i stupidly connected the charge/balance lead to the battery 1st, then before i'd connected the other end into the charger allowed the lead's + & - to touch, it was a fraction of a second but i still heard it. No other symptoms, no heat, smoke etc. I decided to charge it up whilst keeping a watchful eye, it was 7.7v when i started (from the shop) & it finished at 8.41v. No swelling or indication of damage.

Have i got away with it or is it now doomed ?

should be fine happens more often than you'd think to people,

for high capcity Lipo, that would be ok, just think of it as a sudden burst of throttle, but for those tx batts, that will tell the end of it. as i have busted 3 tx batts already... huhuhuhuh

Lots of us have been there and done this, you should be fine, big Lipos do seem pretty durable.

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did the exact same thing the other day to almost the same lipos and no problems noticed.

atleast i will never do that again..its a learning curve :thumbsup:

my balance leads are black and I accidentally connected the neg 1st and then the pos thinking the neg was the balance connection lol.

pack seems fine

you should try doing it with 14.8v setup, my arse whistled :woot:

I've done it on a 2S lipo in the car.. caps got a little hot and heatshrink began to melt before I removed the lead... everything fine.

Cool, those comments have put my mind at rest :thumbsup: (goes home to find house burnt down, lol)

I've marked the battery that shorted as i bought 2 together so i'll keep my eye on it to make sure it behaves for a while.

Cheers.

lol. brilliant.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:

you think im jokin the bang was huge and the bananna plug shattered :blush:

but its where that banana plug had to be surgically removed from thats the real story :p

I enjoy a good buzz :p

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not the best but here you go.

I will top that I did it on 14s:D everything is fine

try letting the ends touch on 22.2V, i did it when unplugging pack from my 1/8, 6mm corally style connector virtually evaporated, was seeing white spots for ages!!

LOL must have made you jump mate:lol:

I shorted my 6cell pack for my T-rex500 through my side cutters some time ago,was changing the connectors,cut one wire at a time,but the + touched the cutter as I was doing the - side...made me jump about 3ft out of my seat with fright:lol:,now have big burn mark in side cutters, pack was fine tho