Hi all, I am the person who's VTEC Cells went bang at Batley today. first off I must point out that I have been racing for 19 years, and those that know me know just how much detail I put in, in to making sure that all the equipment I use is being used as it should be and is always in top condition.
After every one had finished talking to me about what had happened and had finished taking the pis*!, I went through all the settings on the charger, just in case it was because of the charger. I thought I was charging the pack on '6'amps, but it was actually charging at '4.9'amps with the cut off set at 5mV. The pack was fresh off the discharge tray and all the cells had been equalised down to 1.0V. At the time the pack went bang they had just got to 2100mah! All the remaining cells were cool to the touch, apart from the one next to the exploding cell. I have four of these packs, they are all top quality packs and they are all only six meetings old! Needless to say the rest of the packs went back in to the battery box and were not used for fear of the same thing happening again!
I can tell you that when the pack went it had enough force to blow all of the tools and some wheels and tyres off the table!
As far as I am concerned, it is not myself who is at fault for the pack blowing up! It is quite clear that some of the VTEC / IB 4200 cells are faulty! And after seeing what can happen, I now have no confidence or faith in using these cells! And can only be grateful that no one was stood next to the table when it went, as the pack gave little to no warning before it went!
And as for selling the packs on to club racers! I could not live with myself knowing that I had just sold on batteries that could potentially cause harm or damage to another racer and/or there equipment!
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