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<DIV><SPAN class=660123216-10042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>Wow
Jeremy, I didn't think you could top Toledo.... I was wrong...LOL. Just havin
fun with ya ;) If you had said your yard caught on fire then you woulda had a
double triple crown... ouch! I might try and top you next year if there's a new
arena.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT
size=2>Regards,<BR>Jason<BR>www.jasonshulman.com<BR>www.shulmanaviation.com<BR>www.composite-arf.com</FONT>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>JEREMY
CHINN<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo
Sacks<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I'll admit fault..... My indoor batts use mini
deans. One day while plugging up batts on the chargers while talking on the
phone, I managed to plug two batts together......... as they puffed, I ran for
the garage door and threw them under it as it opened. Once the door was
fully opened, I saw that the batteries skidded to a stop under my new
pickuptruck......<IMG
src="http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w2/ltr/../emoticons/smile_omg.gif"
NOSEND="1">. Of course I then ran to grab them and throw them into the
yard......... <BR> <BR>It only takes one moment of carelessness.....
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From: cjm767driver@hotmail.com<BR>To: chad@f3acanada.org;
nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:54:28
-0500<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo Sacks<BR><BR>
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<SPAN>Walter, <BR>I'm with Chad on this. <BR>The key is to have good
equipment that will monitor the batteries and automatically shut down if
there is a problem. Too many sensational stories on the internet about
some battery fire etc have a lot of unknowns in their stories. Have
you ever seen one where they said "it was my fault, I did XYZ that I
should not have done"? No, everyone says, wow it just blew up - then
the marketing guys come out with a safety product to fix a problem that
probably never would exist with good equipment and charging
techniques. Why don't we have bunkers and sacks for cans of
gasoline? Is there not a chance that it could explode too? We
know that if we goof around carelessly with gasoline, it will go boom - so
we are careful. Same with lipos.<BR>I could be wrong here, but I too
have hundreds of charges on big lipos and have never had any issue. The key
is just be careful and check your charge settings and use good equipment
with safety cut offs. Can it hurt to use these bunkers and sacks, of
course not. They give you another layer of protection but I really
don't think they are that necessary.<BR>Sorry, but I really think the hype
is over done with lipos.<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR>PS - no more coffee for me
today - I better go fly and relax some<BR><BR><BR>Chad Northeast wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:d0fde1d9302a9.47fddb1e@shaw.ca>Walter<BR><BR>The only
safe way to charge lipos is to ensure you have a safe charger that
monitors cell voltages like the TP 1010, or the Schulze's. Or use a
balancer like the Flightpower etc that tie into the charge line.
This way if anything goes screwy with the charge they shut it down, lipos
don't light on fire for no reason, its usually because you overcharged
them and they got hot and burst. Or you are charging a damaged pack,
and usually common sense will tell you that is not a good
idea.<BR><BR>ALWAYS babysit the charge, forget bunkers, sacks etc. if you
monitor the charge there is no need for these because you will always be
aware of the state of the packs as they are charging. In my opinion
using sacks etc. is a band aid for unsafe charging practices. I am
sure someone will flame me for this but I have been charging these big
packs for 4 years, I must have 1000's of charges behind me and "touch
wood" I have never had a single issue, but I watch my chargers. In
the early days before we had all this fancy monitoring stuff I had to pull
packs off chargers because things were going bad.<BR><BR>Chad<BR><BR>-----
Original Message -----<BR>From: Walter Nasse <A
class=EC_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:wwnasse@figment.ca"><wwnasse@figment.ca></A><BR>Date:
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:09 pm<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo
Sacks<BR>To: NSRCA Mailing List <A class=EC_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></A><BR><BR>>
BlankDoes anyone use the Lipo Sack for charging and transporting <BR>>
batterypacks?<BR>> <BR>> What other alternatives are there?
Ammo Boxes? Flour Tins?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks,<BR>> <BR>>
Walter<BR>> <BR>> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>>
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