Storing your lipo's
 

I was wondering how other members store there lipos. I bought this case at harborfrieght. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39196 . It has plenty of room for both my 2s2p 8000 lipo's , charger & the balancer, i also have plenty of room to ad more stuff latter. I simply laid my lipos in there & cut the foam around them & the other stuff. There is foam on all four sides of everything in the case, so nothing slides around at all & they are protected very well in my opinion. Tell me what you think & how you store yours.

Rene do you mean ceramic blocks or tile, like the stuff used in a kiln for making pottery ?.

Nice case, not a bad price. I have mine in a Plano plastic case with foam surrounding them. I wouldn't mind a little more "fireproof" case for lipos though.

I figured this would be good protection. My understanding is that lipo's are most dangerest while charging & shortly after use or a severe crash. If im wrong will somebody please correct me ?.

That sounds about right. Although, I store mine in the Liposack just in case something bad happens.

Brian i just saw a video on another forum where the were purposely blowing up lipo. they put one in a nomex sock & blew it up. There was no damage to the suround area.

Makes sense. As long as you can contain the damage and it is on a non-flammable surface, you should be fine.

Here is the video, clink on the link its the 3rd one down.

http://www.rcstuff.us/battery/lipo/lipo_video.html

Hmm, I don't know what to think about that vid. The pack smoked, but never truly flamed. I kinda doubt the sock stopped it from flaming, so I'd like to see how effective it is against a true flaming battery.

BTW: do you know what li-ion blew in the bottom vid? The vid quality is so poor, I couldn't tell.

No sir i dont. The maker of the lipo sack sent me a link to the rc groups site were i found a link to these video's.

Hmmm. I hope it's not an emoli pack, since that is what I run in the Jato. :)

There is another pic on the lipo in the nomex sock but i cant find it.

I found these using google. http://shop.vendio.com/crowderscusto.../?s=1179309602

LOL, they really are socks! Just make sure you don't wear them first. It would be bad to have a pretty R/C that smelled like sweaty feet! :)

LMAO:005:

Is there anything else you need to do beside storing them in a safe place?

My packs are 70-80% charged. I only charged them once eversince I bought them( 7 months ago) and used them a bit in my supermaxx. Will that cause them any harm?

Most recommend storing them long-term at about 3.8v/cell, which is what they usually arrive at.

Cool!! socks.. I love socks!! do they come with toe-protection as well?

i don't know if it's available over the big ocean, but (lot's of words for describing are needed for me now)..........

you guys know these lightweight concrete kind of blocks used for constructions? fireproof, and it is a foam kind of concrete. (with tiny air-cells) As you know air is a good isolator and concrete is not the best fuel for a fire. i want to pick up a few, make some hollow pockets in them and put two onto eachother. Nice for storing them at home. The lipo-sack is nice for traveling though. (if you want to bring your lipo's on your journey, otherwise you are better off leaving the sacks at home..)

Are you talking about a cinder block?

http://www.unlikelymoose.com/blog/20...inderblock.jpg

Brian i think he's talking about this stuff.

http://www.corbins.com/pr-bl1.htm

This is the battery bunker home page
http://mysite.verizon.net/kevinkel/index.html

Rene i'm not sure on the toe protection LOL:005: . But im thinking i'll just buy some nomex socks & stick my lipo's them & put them in a old ammunition box while there at home. What do you think ?.

I think I read about it on the Traxxas website, but someone mentioned using clay flower pots. I've been giving that some thought and here's my idea;

Take one clay pot and set a slightly smaller one inside so the rim holds it off the bottom, giving you a little air space for insulation. Use a clay pot tray under and as a cap on the smaller pot. Dremel a hole to allow the wires to go through, use a permenant pig tail and seal it in with something fireproof, grout maybe. $10 and HD or Lowes and technically it should be fire proof. Basically the same idea as the "Bunker", just a homemade version.

The only thing I'm not sure about is if the pots will fall apart in a lipo flame out. I know we use to cook over a big one when I was a teen at this one camp spot we had and it held to gether for a LOT of camp fires over a several of years. Last time I was there it was still sitting in the same spot, but that was in the late 80's.

Anyway, sorry...I ramble at times. I guess the only way to know for sure would be to fame out a lipo in it to see. The other issue may be the temp of the lipo without some sort of ventilation. You guys might be able to answer that for me.

BLA BLA BLA:005: LOL JK

Thats a interesting idea, i think the clay would take the hea. But im not sure if it could take the explosin. If you use a top i would put a vent hole in the middle of the top. So the flame will shoot straight up.

Clink on this link & scrool down to th bottom.They show a good idea for a portable charging station, in my opinion. http://mysite.verizon.net/kevinkel/index.html

It's a toolbox filled with sand & a couple of battery bunkers. What do you guys think ?.

Looks good. Maybe a tad heavy, but that's ok.

Forgive the noob question, but the largest he has is only rated to 4000mah. Aren't most of you guys running higher mah batteries than that?

I just called him im waiting on a repliy.

Brian; no, that's not the block that i meant.

This is;
http://www.xella-group.com/html/com/...ice_group_id=1

Rene it was me that posted the link.

So i made a little mistake excuse me LOL :005: .