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    <p>Use a small wire tie to bind the balance cable to a power wire.
      The wires may still break but it should be outside the battery and
      relatively easy to fix. Also less likely to short.<br>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/13/2016 7:14 PM, Wayne Galligan
      via NSRCA-discussion wrote:<br>
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          <div>Hobby People batteries are the worst for the balance
            leads breaking loose at the solder point.  Wires to short
            and stiff.</div>
          <div>Wayne</div>
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                <div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"
                    href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">Chris
                    Moon via NSRCA-discussion</a> </div>
                <div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 13, 2016 7:43 PM</div>
                <div><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    title="robcase1@cox.net"
                    href="mailto:robcase1@cox.net">Robert Green</a> ; <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"
                    href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">'General
                    pattern discussion'</a> </div>
                <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo fire</div>
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            <p>Robert,</p>
            <p> </p>
            <p>That's a good question as there probably isn't a
              realistic method of knowing.  All one can do is get high
              quality batteries (not implying yours were not) as they
              tend to have the more flexible multi stranded balance wire
              vs the cheaper stiffer wire that is usually put onto
              cheaper packs. The more flexible wire will help with
              fatigue issues. I have to tell you that I had sample packs
              from some factories that I put outside on my concrete
              patio as soon as I cut the shrink wrapper off of them and
              saw the quality of the workmanship inside, just unsafe to
              even have sitting inside.</p>
            <p>I guess the seemingly over concerned user who keeps his
              packs in a fire proof canister or sack may be onto
              something as you really can't tell when a lead might break
              off internally and short. Alternatively, you can cut off
              the shrink wrap and inspect new packs and then reshrink
              wrap them with a clear shrink wrap so you can see as much
              inside as possible.  The chances of a balance lead
              breaking internally and shorting itself and starting a
              fire is admittedly minuscule but the price of being wrong
              can be very high and I'm just glad everyone there is ok.<br>
            </p>
            <p> </p>
            <p>Chris</p>
            <p> </p>
            <br>
            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/13/2016 5:58 PM, Robert
              Green wrote:<br>
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                        size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
                          FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">i would agree
                          that this is where something happened.  I wish
                          i knew from looking at hte pack after pulling
                          it off the charger that something was wrong. 
                          i wonder what a good warning system would look
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                            <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b>
                            Monday, June 13, 2016 2:56 PM<br>
                            <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b>
                            Robert Green; General pattern discussion<br>
                            <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b>
                            Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo fire</span></font><font
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                    <p><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"
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                          everyone is ok there Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
                    <p><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"
                        size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I have
                          handled and dissected hundreds of different
                          packs during my time in business, evaluating
                          samples etc and I can say with certainty the
                          weakest link in our batteries are the balance
                          leads and their connections to the individual
                          cells. These are very thin wires that
                          typically are spot soldered to tiny tabs on
                          the cells and crimped into tiny pin
                          connectors. Insulation of the balance wires
                          inside a pack is usually a thin piece of
                          cellophane looking tape.There is little to no
                          strain relief for the wires and we handle and
                          flex them every time they are charged. I have
                          seen many break off and touch others creating
                          sparks and possibly could have lead to fires
                          if they were pressed together long enough.  I
                          would bet this is what happened to Robert's
                          pack.  The batteries themselves must pass
                          through pretty rigorous testing including
                          being crushed with a metal blade without
                          catching on fire before they will be
                          transported from <st1:country-region
                            w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. 
                          These testing documents accompany every large
                          battery shipment so it is highly unlikely one
                          would spontaneously combust. With an older
                          pack, it most definitely sounds like an
                          internal short of balance leads.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
                    <p><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"
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                            via NSRCA-discussion wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
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                            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.  <u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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                            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.<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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                          color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
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                            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.<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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