Lipo repair

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Lincy, I have to ask, yes, I just called you lincy, but how and where do you dispose of your batteries and lipos?

Funny, I just remove all of the wires from the pack, and leave it on the ground outside till trash day, then throw em in the trash. No need to do anything to them. If they are puffed I do throw them at the ground to pop them...

[rawfuls]

Do they make a fun fire? Or just a quick flame.

I thought you were just supposed to take em to the "recycling" center.....

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Do they make a fun fire? Or just a quick flame.

I thought you were just supposed to take em to the "recycling" center.....

Nah, no flame, no noise, nothing. They make a sound like you threw a lipo cell at the ground...

Only way I ever got any smoke was to hook a cell directly to a car battery with jumper cables. Not worth doing it, very boring.

Actually, most recycling produces more pollution than just throwing stuff away...

[rawfuls]

Ah, go figures...

So you just toss em out?

What if something sharp is in the can, and punctures the lipo?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

What if something sharp is in the can, and punctures the lipo?

The lipo gets a hole in it. Since you are tossing it out, the hole will most likely not damage the pack more than the reason you are tossing it out for...

Lipo myth is still very prevalent. Worst part about damaging a lipo is that you are out X number of dollars you paid for it. That is why I offer to repair and reconfigure damaged lipos, much cheaper than buying a new one.

[rawfuls]

No no no.
If you were to toss it out, say in your trash.
The lipo gets punctured, and it still... flames up, at least, right?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

No no no.
If you were to toss it out, say in your trash.
The lipo gets punctured, and it still... flames up, at least, right?

No it just gets a hole in it, no flame, no fun , just a hole. If you stab a metallic object into the lipo a good ways, it may get hot enough to catch something flamable on fire...

[rawfuls]

So after it puffs, it's useless? Both in fun running it, and killing it?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

So after it puffs, it's useless? Both in fun running it, and killing it?

Yeah, once they puff they are done. The internal chemistry in the cell causes the puffing, usually under very high discharge, or a low voltage during discharge. Some of the cells internal turn to gas, so it is damaged internally. I have revived non-puffed cells that discharged to very low voltage slowly, but puffed cells are done.

[rawfuls]

In English...

Nevermind, I got it :P

Interesting..

[slimthelineman]

hey linc ive got a 6s 4000 ma pack that puffed 2 cells, this will be the third time ive had to rebuild this pack(balance tap shorted this time) and i was wondering if you would like to have the four good cells. not wanting a whole lot for them considering the pack cost me around $300. or maybee a trade? any how if anyone wants the 4 good cells pm me.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by slimthelineman

hey linc ive got a 6s 4000 ma pack that puffed 2 cells, this will be the third time ive had to rebuild this pack(balance tap shorted this time) and i was wondering if you would like to have the four good cells. not wanting a whole lot for them considering the pack cost me around $300. or maybee a trade? any how if anyone wants the 4 good cells pm me.

Sent you a PM.

[lincpimp]

Got a PQ hardcase from a member here to fix the external wiring. I popped it open and look what I found!



Made in china??? I guess that enerland does have some chinese cells in their lineup, or polyquest is not using enerland cells? I thought that polyquest was enerland's in house brand, but I may be wrong. Anyways here are few other pics of the cells. Note that the cells have the pos tab on one and and the neg tab on the other. I have only seen enerland cells having this feature, as all of the other chinese cells I have seen have the tabs next to each other on one end. Zippy-r packs appear to be made of enerland cells too.

[Arct1k]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I thought that polyquest was enerland's in house brand,

it is...

[Jeremy1976]

Interesting. So they are Enerland cells? Just made in China?