Originally Posted by
heavyaslead
I am really awaiting the production of water based Li-po as that technology is stable and not combustible.
I had a Li-po flame up on me from charging, once the chemical reaction starts it can't be stopped.
With the advent of kids in this hobby, I would only trust a non-combusible battery type.
OK stay with the Nickel solutions, no one is insisting.
You must have had a dead short somewhere.
I've abused LiPos beyond any reasonable constraint and have only managed to violently trash 2. Both from dropping excess solder whilst reconfiguring packs. I run some serious HP in packs, my Sopwith pulls as much grunt as a brush cutter engine using a5s2P pack at 6Ah. My Spit uses a 6S2P with 8Ah, thats over 4HP from a cell pack, most lawnmowers don't have that much grunt. If you think that I am not scared by this level of compacted energy you'd be wrong. I just went out of my way to understand it enough to respect it properly.
If you're not cool with lithium based storage then best throw away the iPad, iPod, iPhone, Laptop, GPS, and whatever android device you're currently carrying around in your pocket, god knows what else.
I would suspect you're issue was poor equipment not poor tech.
If I'm using them in deep cycle or extended use, (My motorcycle and lawnmower battery) then I Use LifePo4 cells, look them up but for now..
I'm not here to be an evangelist for LiPos if you have a problem...
Don't use them, simple.
I have just moved on to the point where I align my solutions based around this tech and will continue to do so.
Cheers
Bill