can lipo's burst

[SlowOne]

Storage should be between 5deg C and 30deg C according to my instructions. Mine are in the LiPo sack in the house - the sack being for convenience of storage and transport as much as anything else.

Water is another issue that I understand leads to failure - obvious I suppose, but worth thinking about when racing in the rain...

[showtime]

hmmm i never really thought about storing mine safely

they have only ever been charged at 3c & at a guess they were probably still fully charged from the last meeting!
they should be ok in the cupboard under the stairs
there's only 9 gallons of 30% fuel in there with them

[DaveG28]

Originally Posted by showtime

hmmm i never really thought about storing mine safely

they have only ever been charged at 3c & at a guess they were probably still fully charged from the last meeting!
they should be ok in the cupboard under the stairs
there's only 9 gallons of 30% fuel in there with them

Your my hero Showtime!

It's the storage that bothers me, if I store outside I have a nice thick lockable outdoor storage but that means:

A) low temps in winter, potential high temps in summer although box is in a nice shady area!

B) it's where I keep all my other flammables too!!

Anywhere indoor and I'm at risk as far as I recall a sack will still allow a house fire to start won't it? So is there a good way of then storing the sacks in something to stop that happening?

My biggest worry is my 4s in my starter box as the balancer leads have failed on it so can't manage individual cells, I guess the only way to protect that is to dispose of it safely and replace!?

[racingdwarf]

i think we should al have a small missile type silo at the bottom of our gardens...under ground, concreat lined and temp controled

Hmmm maybe horizon or cml could come up with a kit

[mole2k]

Originally Posted by DaveG28

Anywhere indoor and I'm at risk as far as I recall a sack will still allow a house fire to start won't it? So is there a good way of then storing the sacks in something to stop that happening?

How about a sack for your lipo sack?

I know of one person got an old army surplus ammo box and he stores his lipo's in there indoors.

[DaveG28]

Not a bad plan, in the meantime thinking on concrete garage floor covered with metal bucket

[mole2k]

Don't forget some warning tape!

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by DCM

If we are going to 'general rules' Radio Transmitters should only be used with the cells that it has been designed for, from memory.

nope its designed voltage
so most radios are designed round 8 aa dry cells so 8 x 1.5 =12volts
lipo tramsmitter voltage is 11.1 volts so its ok

[Buck_Rodgers]

Being charged as a nimh i'd say, causes the cells to swell. a guy at the club did this as his muchmore charger (although capable of charging lipos) defaults to nimh and he simply forgot to change it back.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Buck_Rodgers

Being charged as a nimh i'd say, causes the cells to swell. a guy at the club did this as his muchmore charger (although capable of charging lipos) defaults to nimh and he simply forgot to change it back.

after the swell comes fire!

[Buck_Rodgers]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

after the swell comes fire!

Indeed!

[SlowOne]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

after the swell comes fire!

Yeah, I've been to that Tandoori!!

[tc3team]

Originally Posted by racingdwarf

the best thing about this hobby is the people you meet..

I couldn't have said it better myself...

It's the bad side of r/c that puts some people off racing in the first place, which is not good for our hobby.

Because good people make a good club, not the other way round.