I'm a newbie myself, and have been reading here for days. I found some links here that helped me alot, and saved em for future reference. See if these help:
http://www.*********.org/lithium_bat...eakthrough.htm
http://www.modelaircraft.org/mag/FTGU/Part8/index.html
http://www.modelaircraft.org/safetycom.asp

Good Luck