Possible battery puncture
Possible battery puncture
Ok. So I have gotten to the point where I was soldering the lipo to the charger board. I was using my helping hands to hold the battery as the weight of the battery kept moving the wire on me as I tried to solder to the board. I thought putting a bit of electrical tape around the helping hand clips would be ok, but it appears I put some indents into the battery casing.
Now I'm familiar with pretty much all new electronics having a smell to them and I had just taken this battery out of its packaging. But I don't know if this smell was there or not when I took it out of its packaging. None of my other batteries have the same smell, but they've been sitting out and/or used in other projects. Is it normal for a lipo to have a smell to them when they're new? Or did the imprints my clips left cause a small puncture?
Now I'm familiar with pretty much all new electronics having a smell to them and I had just taken this battery out of its packaging. But I don't know if this smell was there or not when I took it out of its packaging. None of my other batteries have the same smell, but they've been sitting out and/or used in other projects. Is it normal for a lipo to have a smell to them when they're new? Or did the imprints my clips left cause a small puncture?
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Re: Possible battery puncture
Hmmm...doesn't sound good...only one way to test though....perhaps on something you don't want...with some goggles on
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Re: Possible battery puncture
LOL No. Not really ready to go that far. I checked with multimeter though and all looked ok. So I went for a less technical test. I covered the "puncture spots" with electrical tape. The smell went away within a few moments. I peeled some of it back and there was the smell again.
So now the battery is sitting on a pile of rocks at the far end of my yard.
Good thing I found that ebay seller offering 2-packs of the batteries.
As wermy said, "take your time".
Now just waiting for the batteries to ship from CA to MI. bleh
So now the battery is sitting on a pile of rocks at the far end of my yard.
Good thing I found that ebay seller offering 2-packs of the batteries.
As wermy said, "take your time".
Now just waiting for the batteries to ship from CA to MI. bleh
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Re: Possible battery puncture
Very Dangerous, it meight have leaked that's what you smell.
Be very carefull with these, if they mix the stuff inside, it will turn into a sea of flames with high temp.
you could burn yourself VERY bad, or even end up BLIND.
Get rid of it.
Be very carefull with these, if they mix the stuff inside, it will turn into a sea of flames with high temp.
you could burn yourself VERY bad, or even end up BLIND.
Get rid of it.
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Re: Possible battery puncture
Way ahead of you.
Took my oldest out to nearby state land that was set up as a firing range. (common in Michigan) He picked it off at 100ft with a Ruger 22lr on his first shot. (he's only 9) Pretty sweet explosion. My phone tipped over though, so I got no video.
Oh well. Taken care of now.
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Re: Possible battery puncture
awww... was looking forward to some nice LiPo fire video. we need a few to post as sticky warnings for users since it seems to be a common "just how dangerous are they really anyway" type question.
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Re: Possible battery puncture
LoL, you really don't want such a thermite like fire on your hand, face, or in your eyes.
In case you have luck, you meight end up using a virtual boy
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Re: Possible battery puncture
I'm more worried that they DROVE somewhere with the battery is it's questionable state...
Re: Possible battery puncture
We were heading out to the "range" anyway. We practice every other week or so. I put the battery in a metal box towards the back of my pickup for the trip btw.
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Re: Possible battery puncture
I keep forgetting how many more people have pickups your side of the pond... should've guessed really
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