Anyone use a lipo after a swelling incident and still alive to talk about it?

[Gee]

Curious if it came out okay. I've been able to revive some that were below the LVC but have not tried a lipo after it came down with the mumps.

[jnev]

I had a TrueRC 4s 8000mah pack that puffed on me. I waited a couple days for the swelling to go down, and afterward it worked fine. I sold the pack, so not sure how its still doing, but for the first run after it puffed it did fine with as much power as it did before.

[TDC57]

Yes.. My 5s swelled up big time!.. I actually buried it just because I thought it was going to blow.. After a week of it sitting, I stuck it my lipo charging bag and charged it up a 1amp, works great ever since..

Scared the pop out of me!..

Good luck Gee..

You might want to recharge it in the Lipo bag, so if it blow's you don’t lose your house.

[jayjay283]

LOL man did you really bury it. At most you'd get some 3rd degree burns from a flame out. Lipo sack says it will protect us from that, like throwing a flaming muffin out of the oven.

[TDC57]

Hell YES I DID.. it Scared the pop out of me it went 18" in the ground in the back yard in the lipos sack!..

I didn’t know what to expect!..

[Gee]

Originally Posted by jnev

I had a TrueRC 4s 8000mah pack that puffed on me. I waited a couple days for the swelling to go down, and afterward it worked fine. I sold the pack, so not sure how its still doing, but for the first run after it puffed it did fine with as much power as it did before.

Funny, who did you sell it to? Mother-in-law?


Thanks for the replies. It swelled up over a week ago and it has been in solitary confinement since. In a ammo can, didn't have a shovel handy with me . I checked the voltage it is isn't below. I'll give it a go and mark it. Anyone want to buy a lipo? You don't have to have it shipped directly to your house? I could ship it somewhere more "convienent" for you.

Shaun, if your missing any lipos. They might be under you patio!

[TDC57]

LOL.LOL.. That's where they went!..

Have a great week Gee....

[jayjay283]

I didnt think of that...only 1 reason a person uses 10,000 pounds of motar stuff... mafia night night

[jnev]

Originally Posted by Gee

Funny, who did you sell it to? Mother-in-law?

No, kulongflow (spelling??) actually. He said it worked fine for him a while back... don't know how its doing now for him...

[RUSTY XL-5]

I had a trash amps 5000 3s that would puff on every run, and after a few hours it would almost be back to normal. I used it this way for a month (roughly 100 cycles, I drive a lot so what ) and it finally died a week ago. After that I got 2 True RC 2s 8000's and they have WAY more punch and almost the same top speed! (around 50mph)


I sure love True Rc lipos!

[hootie7159]

i have a craps-amps 4s 5000mah pack as well that puffed on me pretty big but i at teh end of the day the swelling went down and i charged/balanced it and it has worked fine since...about 30 more cycles in an 8ight

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by jnev

No, kulongflow (spelling??) actually. He said it worked fine for him a while back... don't know how its doing now for him...

Yep, I bought the pack on the cheap knowing that it had been puffed. Half of the cells were still good, so now I have a 2s 8k pack that works fine and for a great price.

Thanks jnev!

i had a MM short my batteries out and it puffeed a little...i think. but after a few days in the ammo box, its back and the only thing that "seems" different is shorter run time

[BP-Revo]

I actually puffed a FlightPower Evo30 4500mah 2S 30C Lipo. I set it aside for about 10 days and then I stuck it on a charger and at .25 amps brought it (slowly) back up to about 3.1v. I let it sit for another week to let it stabilize and make sure it took it ok and then charged it at 1 amp all the way up to 3.7v nominal.

Left it like that for about 3 weeks and then topped it off and ran it. Seemed to run fine and didn't get any warmer than the 3S equivilant of the pack that it ran in series with (which has only 2 runs on it so its virtually brand new).

After that I charged it up as normal at a full 4.5A (1C) and it took it just fine.

[Tempted]

I puffed a Venom 5400mAh 3s in a wicked crash with the under carriage of a Jeep. I used the pack another 3 months until I intentionally shorted it. I got no flames, was very disappointed.