Ditto Terry's comments. I'd add that balanced chargers (<$20) and inexpensive monitors (<$3) will detect when a cell begins going bad. One cell having a much lower voltage than the others is an immediate flag.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IMax-B6-Digital-LCD-RC-Lipo-NiMh- battery-Balance-Charger-US-STOCK-100-New-/311592092378? hash=item488c5602da:g:mmsAAOSwdpxUWyl3 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lipo-Battery-Voltage-Monitor-Meter- 7-4V-11-1V-22-2V-2S-6S-Cells-LED-Display-/110762643408? hash=item19c9f7cfd0:g:GQ4AAOxyqKVRigvv I also never put any lithium battery (LiPO or Li-Ion) inside my radios. I've seen more bad publicity about Li-Ion batteries (e.g. Samsung S7 phones, Dell laptops, etc) than LiPO batteries but I'm not sure why that is. 73, Bill W4ZV On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Terry Schieler <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I have not seen any fire, smoking or dangerous issues, Ron. But I > always use the recommended chargers and charging formats. I always charge > them in the fire bag and never indoors or unattended. Like anything else > that's dangerous, they demand respect. > > 73 Terry W0FM > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 12:42 PM > To: 'Terry Schieler'; 'Bill W4ZV'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Fire in the house li-ion > > Have you ever had a battery failure and fire in one of them? > > The ones I've seen on line that state they are tested under actual failure > conditions are more than $500 USD. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Terry Schieler > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 9:30 AM > To: 'Bill W4ZV'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fire in the house li-ion > > I have been using charging bags similar to these for over 6 years to > charge LiPO batteries for my fleet of RC airplanes. Very prevalent and > highly recommended within the RC hobby field. Not necessarily this > specific brand, but I've never had an issue. > > 73, Terry, W0FM > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
