Originally Posted by
VF84sluggo
Just picked up two more ammo cans today from my local Army/Navy store.
Even so, I am also wondering how I can find a way to store these lipos away from my house, as the garage and workshop are both part of the house, not stand-alone structures. I'm thinking about getting an outdoor weather resistant storage unit, but as has been mentioned in an earlier post, that brings the swings in outside temperature and moisture in to play.
As far as the smoke damage from a lipo cook-off, I saw the result of it in a bud's trailer. It, too, burned itself out, and was not discovered until the next morning. Pretty much anything metal in the trailer ended up corroded. The door hinges looked like they had been soaked in salt water. There was also some corrosion damage to metal components in the jets that were stored in the trailer...not good. The smoke is bad juju.
Or a grill, just to keep the batteries. I stored them in the grill (under the shade during the flying season). The grill is away from the house, but it was not a good idea. Since I work out of my home office, I use the grill almost daily if the temperature is 36 or higher:-) Maybe a dedicated cheap grill just to house lipos. I can tell you they were kept dry inside the grill. I just placed a piece of plywood over the cooking surface of the actual gill (to avoid staining), and the lipo bags and one ammo box on top of the plywood.
Gerry