[NSRCA-discussion] Lipo storage

[Keith Hoard]

That's just wrong!!!
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.
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Living in a place where the "temps are below freezing for days at a time" .
. . .
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:-)

Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
khoard at gmail.com




On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:13 AM, George Kennie <geobet4evr at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I fly on occasion through the winter so the packs stay in the car at temps
> below freezing for
> days at a time and show no deterioration in power when I take them out and
> fly and I get no
> puffing at these temps. It's only when the weather warms up that I get
> puffing and once puffed
> the available power seems to diminish.
>
> G.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The craziest among us keep a small dorm-sized fridge in the
>> garage/workshop in which to store our LiPos in the off season.  Or, I
>> suppose, there are some folks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. for whom the
>> whole garage IS a frat-house sized fridge in the off-season :-)
>>
>> Peter+
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Verne Koester <verne at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bob,****
>>>
>>> Go to Thunderpower’s web site and then to the support section. They have
>>> instructions for storing lipo batteries. Basically, the storage includes
>>> discharging to 50% capacity. Unless you have a direct short to the leads,
>>> it’s highly unlikely a pack would ignite. The danger point on lipo batteries
>>> comes when they are over-charged, over-discharged, or shorted out. The
>>> colder you can keep the batteries above freezing, the better.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Verne****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:
>>> nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *Bob Kane
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:05 PM
>>> *To:* nsrca
>>> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo storage****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> This is the first year I will be storing larger lipo packs.  Right now
>>> they are in a small carrying case, but it would be much help if a pack
>>> ignited. How do you store your packs? Thanks. ****
>>>
>>>  ****
>>>
>>> Bob Kane
>>> getterflash at yahoo.com****
>>>
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