I consider myself fairly proficient with a soldering iron.. with over 20 years in the electronics industry, well, I presume I know how to handle one. And, I am very cautious when using one.

However, I was putting Deans on a LiPo pack one day and I accidentally crossed the terminals with a small solder bridge. There was a small spark, and then nothing. I was very lucky that I didn't cause a fire with that little incident, but what happened was that the pack was no longer functional.

I sent it back to Radical RC, who looked it over and told me that the damage was not the fault of the battery or the battery pack construction, however, they replaced it anyway.

Nice of them, but I am also not a big fan of Deans.

CGr.