I must say I'm curious as to exactly what happened. Also there was a lot of money invested in this guy's RC collection, why didn't he invest in something to keep his LiPos in?

He was charging the bat with no sack and he was in the room when it happened so this could have been contained with ease......

as i said above - stupidity is the most reliable answer to this

In his YouTube comment, he gives us a bit of insight:

"i was in the other room ,no fire proof bag ,and chaging it regular way .had at low rate of charge as i always do. never shown any problems before over the last year of dealing with lipo"

I'd like to know what "the regular way" is and why he'd be charging it at a low rate. If he's charging them at less than 1C is it possible he's not using a lipo charger and taking his chances with an inappropriate charger by using a low rate to be "safe"?

I am really curious to find out more.

One other possibility could be a short of some kind. There's no way to tell if one of the leads have come loose or become frayed on the inside (unless pack is opened up). This happened to me with a zippy pack. The lead apparently shorted when I tried connecting the pack. Luckily no damage except for pack (no flames either). These packs do get bumped around quite a bit in an off-road vehicle.

Interesting- both videos have been removed by the user. Guess he got tired of being called a retard...

He couldn't take the heat evidently. I still wonder if he was balance charging.


Of course I did tell him that the battery didn't ruin his life. He did.

Yeah, lipos don't spontaneously combust. Every time it is due to a user error.

hah the guy probably got sick of hearing that he is the one who screwed up and not the battery so he took both videos down