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Originally Posted by Cardnim
Hey bodgit, thanks for the reply.
The team driver is very decent - hes been more than helpful to me.
However, Im not convinced that it wasnt me being stupid that has caused this problem, so I would need to be convinced that the battery was a dud before I would go back to him.
Does anyone know about the current draw on a system such as this and would it have been responsible for the lipo swelling?
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Lipos are rated with a discharge rating in a number followed by a C (like the charge rating) Most of them are rated at 20C. (the top end ones comming in at a stopping 25C!!)
After a hard run has the battery been warm to hot?
Like all batteries from time to time you get a bad cell. Lipos are no different.
If the cells have been charged well over the Charging C rating that will damage them.
All you can do is discharge it with high resistance until it is completely dead then drop it a a battery recycling point.