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Originally Posted by BL_RV0
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I ordered a pair of those to find out if they are worth it. The shipping was fast as it only took a week to get them from Hong Kong. Here's a little info about them for starters. First a pic of the pair.
Weight = 418.5 grams each, the dimensions stated on ebay were 145X48X30, they are more like 146X48X30.7. It's going to be a tight squeeze putting them in the ERevo. The positive and negative leads are rather short IMHO, only 7.4 cm or a little less than 3 inches. They are obviously made entirely by hand and wrapped in a sticky foam, like servo tape, with a layer of fiber reinforced transparent tape all around. There's a piece of sticky black cardboard at each end and two pieces of transparent fiber reinforced tape at either end on top of the cardboard to finish it off. The sides of the cells are exposed, there's nothing covering their aluminum envelope. Don't like that at all.
It was my intention to offer these lipos some better protection by shrink wrapping them. So I gently peeled the label and put it aside, then I peeled the pieces of fiber reinforced tape at either end. A thin layer of the protective sticky cardboard underneath will come with it but I'm not worried about that. Plenty of cardboard left.
Here's why I'm not worried, I replaced that tape I peeled off by a piece of Gorilla Tape. If you don't know about this stuff, it's just the stickiest, toughest duct tape you can find just about anywhere.
Then I take a piece of 3 and 5/16 inch wide black shrink wrap I got at the LHS that is 1/2 inch longer than the lipo. I slide and center the lipo in it and using a heat gun, I shrink it. This stuff can be nasty and if you apply just a little too much heat in one spot, it will rip and form a big gapping hole. Keep the gun moving all the time. I replaced the label where it should be and this is the result.
I think it looks a bit more factory made and the batt is much more protected.
Now does anyone know how I can test these lipos without actually running them in the truck? I pre ordered the BL ERevo but it looks like the release date has been set back to mid February.