Split second lipo short !

[Dandare]

I'm so annoyed at myself, lol

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 ?

[(off)roadrunner]

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

[slowjun]

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

[dale]

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

[DavidAMS]

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

[Big G]

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