How / Where do you store your lipos?

[Sammus]

Pfft I think lipo explosions are way over rated. I just chuck em in the spares box with everything else. Sometimes I leave them in the car unplugged. I've never had a decent quality cell explode and burn down or destroy my house, car, life, or anything in it. I've never even had one fail in any way. Just keep them balanced, dont over charge or over discharge, and don't short them. Same rules for any battery.

Sure I've had cheap chinese made (5 for $10) lipo cells swell up when I give them a hard time, but that is why they in those non rigid bags. they're made especially to expand. I think the bad explosion problem was when they were in rigid steel cases, so when the vent you get enormous pressure build up before the vessel fails. With the soft cases you can see when it starts venting, check it in some salt water over night to safetly disable the battery then dispose of it thoughtfully.

Originally Posted by Sammus

Pfft I think lipo explosions are way over rated. I just chuck em in the spares box with everything else. Sometimes I leave them in the car unplugged. I've never had a decent quality cell explode and burn down or destroy my house, car, life, or anything in it. I've never even had one fail in any way. Just keep them balanced, dont over charge or over discharge, and don't short them. Same rules for any battery.

Sure I've had cheap chinese made (5 for $10) lipo cells swell up when I give them a hard time, but that is why they in those non rigid bags. they're made especially to expand. I think the bad explosion problem was when they were in rigid steel cases, so when the vent you get enormous pressure build up before the vessel fails. With the soft cases you can see when it starts venting, check it in some salt water over night to safetly disable the battery then dispose of it thoughtfully.

I couldn't agree with you any more, I have NEVER had a problem with any Lipo when I used I followed instructions, I had a 3 cell 1800ma for a RC18 that I accidently left connected to the ESC and it swelled a little and I never ran again, it was a Hyperion brand, I would never buy a cheap lipo, the cheapest I have ever bought is a True Rc and it works fine

[kulangflow]

I've always been very careful with my lipos also. I've never over/under-charged, never over-amped, and always balance charged them. (Eh, I guess I did leave a couple of cheap eBay ones alone for too long and they lost their ability to hold any real capacity.)

Even with good care though, I've had a couple of maxamps cells swell on me recently so I had to put them down for the saltwater nap.

Mostly I've had good luck though.