[NSRCA-discussion] Lipo fire

[rclen123 at roadrunner.com]

---- Robert Green via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote: 
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> Hey guys wanted to let you know about an incident I had over the weekend
> that caused some high concern.  I flew four flights yesterday, then returned
> home.  I thought I would go back out later and fly three more, so I charged
> three more batteries.  The three batteries on was planning on using, were
> flown the previous day, and were not overly discharged.  I took my kids to
> the movies as my wife did not want to go, and that turned out to be the best
> thing for the family.  One of my 2014 packs decided that it no longer wanted
> to live and decided to catch fire all by itself.  I have always thought that
> the best time for these to catch fire, would be during the charge cycle.
> This incident happened almost an hour after charging the pack.  Keep in mind
> that after I charged the pack, there were immediately put into my flight box
> for storage until I got back from the movies.  After I took them off the
> charger, the batteries did not see warm in any way, cool to the touch.  I
> have had these batteries for two and as far as I can remember - they where
> not damaged in any way.  Due to my wifes' heroic action, the house did not
> catch on fire like my toolbox did.  She brought them out to the drive way
> water on them to kill the flames.  I have been pretty cavalier with packs,
> leaving them out once they are charged and not putting them in something
> safe for storage....those days are done.  If this can happen to a battery
> sitting with a stored charge, I will not longer leave my house or family
> unprotected.  
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> I bought a safe yesterday, but apparently that may not be the best thing for
> them either as the battery give off a gas and they need to breathe.  In
> other words if you left them in a safe you may be creating a bomb scenario.
> What I did was - several years ago, I bought a metal ammo case.  I removed
> 3/4 of the rubber around the case allowing for the exchange of air to occur.
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> If any one has any other creative ideas on how they store there lipos,
> please contribute to this thread as I think it is important as a community
> that we spread the message that this technology which has been proven to be
> safe for the most part also can be dangerous.
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> thanks,
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> Robert
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  Wow Robert and thanks for the tip. I am glad you and your family are safe and your home.   Lynn Burks