Scary Lipo Fire - Thought I might be moving into Lincs basement. - RC-Monster Forums

Rnemhrd · 11.18.2009, 05:15 PM

Better play the lotto. I always charge mine on a big slab of ceramic tile with a weber grill lid over them. should keep any flames contained.

georgec · 11.18.2009, 06:15 PM

OOOOH Shit!!!
I thought that was your stained underwear lying in the yard. Seriously tough, thank goodness you caught it in time and thanks for posting this to remind all the rest of us just what we are playing with!

JThiessen · 11.18.2009, 06:17 PM

Guy, grab a beer and scratch yourself for a bit....you deserve it...!
I didn't know whether to laugh my ass off while reading your story (I have actually seen a dog try to shit through a screen door!) or worry about your health, but the Lipo porn analogies were too much......I'm still chuckling!

lutach · 06:59 PM

Clay flower pots, ceramic containers are good, but what's bad is the smoke. If your back room got filled with the smoke, there will be a high chance of many metal things getting corroded. Forgot to ask, did you inhale the smoke?

Gee · 11.23.2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lutach

Clay flower pots, ceramic containers are good, but what's bad is the smoke. If your back room got filled with the smoke, there will be a high chance of many metal things getting corroded. Forgot to ask, did you inhale the smoke?

Lutach is there anything I can do or should do help prevent the corrosion. Is it the chemistry of the lipos that cause this or would any smoke damage do it? Thanks.

lutach · 11.23.2009, 03:58 PM

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Lutach is there anything I can do or should do help prevent the corrosion. Is it the chemistry of the lipos that cause this or would any smoke damage do it? Thanks.

Not much you can do, but check things over to make sure nothing has started to corrode yet. I don't know how it works out, but it's crazy science fiction stuff. For example, I've thrown away 4 buckets due to the metal handle corrosion. I did a few experiments with 2 awful lipos and other were just old, but still packet some energy as I didn't discharge them. I put a good show for my little brothers though. The first bucket was a mystery, but after the second one I knew exactly what caused it. There might be stuff that stops metal from corrosion, I think I saw something in Home Depot.

11.18.2009, 06:44 PM

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Better play the lotto. I always charge mine on a big slab of ceramic tile with a weber grill lid over them. should keep any flames contained.

Paranoid much?

Rnemhrd · 11.19.2009, 03:48 PM

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Paranoid much?

I had a NiMh pop once while charging. I'm in the better safe than sorry club.

BP-Revo · 11.20.2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Rnemhrd

I had a NiMh pop once while charging. I'm in the better safe than sorry club.

A NiMH blew when I was at the track once...made a grenade sound quiet. Needless to say the force was enough to launch half the pack (it was a middle cell that exploded), or 3 cells about 50ft across the room.