Ep 4200 Has blown up in my face

[big air]

Just been sitting in my out house tinkering with my car when a EP 4200 has just went bang 2 feet away from me, the cells were on top of my plastic tool box NOTHING and i can't stress enough NOTHING was anywhere near them, They were not on charge and were not used since last week, Im lucky the cells did not fire in my direction, Two exploded and have melted my tool box top and set fire to my pit towel.

[Southwell]

Crap man, thats bad. at least your ok and not hurt.

[ashleyb4]

Ouch

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[CraigM2610]

thats really bad
atleast it didnt get u

[big air]

I just can't understand why it went up, like i said it was on top of a plastic box, I only moved my gear out there last week i used to pit in my living room and ive got a 12 week old baby what if it went up last night or if i wasn't there the whole house would of went up, Im ok apart from my ears are killing me it was like a Bomb going off,

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by big air

I just can't understand why it went up, like i said it was on top of a plastic box, I only moved my gear out there last week i used to pit in my living room and ive got a 12 week old baby what if it went up last night or if i wasn't there the whole house would of went up, Im ok apart from my ears are killing me it was like a Bomb going off,

You are one lucky bugger! But I must admit these new cells are not as user friendly like the SCRCs, heck you could twelve volt em before a race and they didnt mind. These nimh are too fragile and seem very dangerous

[GRIFF55]

That's a bit more to worry about, leaving the cells in my room when i go out and they could still blow up and fire. Good to hear you wern't hurt, Is there anything can be done for safety??
Did you used to charge at the suggested rates etc?
Cheers

[big air]

Originally Posted by GRIFF55

That's a bit more to worry about, leaving the cells in my room when i go out and they could still blow up and fire. Good to hear you wern't hurt, Is there anything can be done for safety??
Did you used to charge at the suggested rates etc?
Cheers

Yes mate always charged at 4.5 amps never re peaked as always charged on the day i race, they were taking off the charger at 4200 and always had around 2000 in them when stored discharged equalised left to cool down and charged about 2 to 3 hours later

[neiloliver]

Not on charge or discharge, not short circuited and not used for a week, i cant understand that at all. What state of charge were they in? were they in direct sunlight? (i mean sun directly on them).

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[big air]

Originally Posted by neiloliver

Not on charge or discharge, not short circuited and not used for a week, i cant understand that at all. What state of charge were they in? were they in direct sunlight? (i mean sun directly on them).

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No they were out of sunlight and its pretty cool where i pit

[Mike Hudson]

bet that made you jump like mad, good job it didnt get you though, I always store my cells in their box all locked up so if that does happen they are less likely to fly everywhere and cause injury or damage

[JohnM]

Originally Posted by Mike Hudson

I always store my cells in their box all locked up so if that does happen they are less likely to fly everywhere and cause injury or damage

Mine are always kept in their box to, but when I had a set of IBs go bang at the end of 06, they just blew the box to bits!! only sitting 2 feet or so away at the time, thought at first that someone had come in the back door and shot my dog, then noticed my Cyclone TC which had been sitting on the cell box was 4 feet in the air!

Took a long time for my wife to let me keep them in the house after that.

Will NEVER buy IBs again.

[dave g]

you need to report this to jim spencer at the brca,