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Old 16-11-2008
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Originally Posted by SHY View Post
Stick to a hardcased ones for safety, and preferably one one the ROAR list (they are tested).

If you also charge and store the batteries in a LiPo sack you should be very safe.
Seems to be the general consensus is to stick to hard case one so I will direct my purchase this way. I brought the LiPo versions but planned with a little conversion to run it on NiMh as I can't afford to repower my cars. I spend to much money on radio controlled yachts which makes cars look cheap as all the racing ones are basically custom products with the exception of the rclaser.

I am a bit surprised as I have been racing cars on and off for almost 20 years no real bad experiences with charging and only a few leaky old cells. Why I posted the link was because radio controlled yachts like planes use relatively low power and therefore almost everyone slow charges them with a very low ampage so to see a cell explode like this really never happen with NiMh.
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