Who has had a LiPo light on fire ? - Survey -

[FearNot]

I was wondering how dangerous those things really are ... Lets not assume we are doing silly stuff but rahter:

Good charger and balancer ... do these things still go up in flames?


So please share:

- Have you had a pack go up in flames while charging?

- Have you had a pack go up in flames while storing it?

- Have you had a pack go up in flames while flying?

I have charged Eflite Lipos and Thunderpower maybe a total of 100 times and no problem yet.

Matt

[peterob]

Obviously they wouldn't sell the things if they just burst into flame for no reason.

If you use a decent LiPo charger and know how to treat them they're safe enough.

[Jermo]

do a search on RCGroups. This has been done several times :)

[FearNot]

oops

[Pinecone]

The answer is:

Over charing causes them to vent with flames.

Too high of discharge reate causes them to vent with flames.

Using a physically damaged pack (crashed) can cause them to vent with flames.

And that is about it.