HobbyKing Forums
Forum Home Forum Home > Hobby King Forums > Grave Yard Forum
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: Never Leave You Lipo Battery Unattended Charging
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Calendar   Register Register  Login Login

Never Leave You Lipo Battery Unattended Charging
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 456
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
BrianB192 View Drop Down
Platinum  (AU)
USERID: 980652
Newbie
Newbie


Joined: 09/Aug/2011
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 9 		  Quote BrianB192 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/Jun/2012 at 9:48am
explosive Items sold to Children ,,Must be Kept in Constant Care not to be unatended during any Battery charge or Maintenance
Back to Top
Maximilionalpha View Drop Down
Platinum  (US)
USERID: 504602
Hobbyking Addict
Hobbyking Addict
Avatar

Joined: 01/Jul/2011
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 517 		  Quote Maximilionalpha Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/Jun/2012 at 11:25am
Who's the child that you're referring to brian? Certainly not I! I'm well past a childs age.
Back to Top
Sawdust View Drop Down
Platinum  (AU)
USERID: 628468
Hobbyking Addict
Hobbyking Addict
Avatar

Joined: 07/Oct/2010
Location: Parkes NSW Au
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3143 		  Quote Sawdust Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10/Jun/2012 at 2:27pm
Originally posted by Maximilionalpha

Who's the child that you're referring to brian? Certainly not I! I'm well past a childs age.

Speaking for myself, I'm about half way through my fourth childhood .




I'm never wrong, once I thought I was but I was mistaken.
Back to Top
Dave1 View Drop Down
Platinum  (NL)
USERID: 172982
Bargain Addict!
Bargain Addict!


Joined: 27/Dec/2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 27 		  Quote Dave1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02/Jul/2012 at 8:34pm
Interesting topic. I've seen someone who had his garage burn down due to a lipo fire.

So you guys are talking about lipo errors. I have a Graupner Ultramat 17 with recommended balancer. Works like a charm, never had any problems so far.

However, it happened once or twice that the ESC had the cut-off value set to 2.85V. The motor slowed down, landed and when I got home the voltage was around 2.7V. I also changed the cut off value
I connected the battery via the balancer to the charger and it just wouldn't start charging. I checked the batteries again and the voltage was a bit less than 2.8V.

Being a little bit annoyed by this safety feature of the balance charger, I checked separate voltages and the battery was balancer. I directly connected the lipo to the charger and let it charge up to about 3.3V and then connected the battery to the balancer. All was well and it was fully charged to full capacity.

So, I know going below 2,6/2,7V (depending on manufacture) can damage the battery but it is still "OK" for one time.

My question would be, is it dangerous to keep on operating a Zippy battery that once went low as 2,7V or so?


Back to Top
rewolff View Drop Down
Platinum  (NL)
USERID: 340356
HobbyKing Constituent
HobbyKing Constituent


Joined: 03/Dec/2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 119 		  Quote rewolff Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17/Aug/2012 at 2:55am
As far as I know it's the TIME below <thresholdvoltage> that damages the LIPO.
Even though most people consider 3.0 the threshold, I think that technically the threshold might be a bit lower. Maybe only for some batteries.

So if you discharge to 2.7V and then quickly recharge to above 3.3, you're unlikely to seriously damage your LIPO.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 456

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.54
Copyright ©2001-2008 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.109 seconds.