Lipo fire last night.

[lincpimp]

HA, I was killing some cells the other day in the yard. I hooked up a cell to a 12v car battery with jumper cables. It got big and puffy, then popped and let out quite a bit of smoke, but no fire...

Always charge with a balancer, I have had quite a few times when an out of balance pack overvolts on one cell during charging and the balancer interrupts the charge. I also do not really monitor my packs while they charge, so the balancer makes me feel a bit better.