AMA Safety Committee Announcement - April 23rd, 2004 - Lithium Battery Hazard

[Del K. Rykert]

EMERGENCY SAFETY ALERTHeh.. You tried your hardest Mike.. Can lead a horse to water doesn't mean you can get them to drink.
 
    Del
still using overweight ni=cads...
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Hester 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:44 PM
  Subject: Re: AMA Safety Committee Announcement - April 23rd, 2004 - Lithium Battery Hazard


  Yep.

  As bad as I want the power and weight savings, I've personally seen what these things can do, and I even shared it with this list....and was summarily told to shut up by quite a few people. That was almost 2 years ago, and we're JUST NOW getting a warning? That's all that was needed in the FIRST place. Yes, this particular subject is a pet peeve of mine.

  Will I ever run lithium batteries? I may, but the only way I would charge them is out of the plane, on a fire proof plate, sitting there with a fire extinguisher ready to go. Seem like overkill? Hardly, when you've personally seen what these potential road flares are capable of. 

  Just be careful guys, the same thing I said back then. Be aware and don't get lazy, or you may not wake up one morning.

  And that's all I have to say about that. 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Bob 
    To: 'discussion at nsrca.org' 
    Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:39 PM
    Subject: RE: AMA Safety Committee Announcement - April 23rd, 2004 - Lithium Battery Hazard


     I just received this too.  I do use a few Lithium batteries in selected models and so I read the AMA advisory with interest.  Of special interest to me is their recommendation #1. "Store, and charge, in a fireproof container; never in your model".  I'm wondering how many of you guys who use these batteries actually do this?  I have been charging and storing these batteries in the model in which they are used for quite some time now with no problems.  Of course I do watch over the charging cycle but the pack is in the plane.  It seems impractical to remove the pack after each flying session to store and charge.  If evidence is to the contrary, I will simply go back to NiCads and look in other areas for weight savings.  Any comments?
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