Battery Storage?
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Battery Storage?
I have 2 DN Power 20C Lipo's after charging and storing them for about 2 months in my flight case inside the house, I went to go and fly my heli today, and both of them were swelled up, and felt like they were going to burst?? I think they should most likely be thrown away.
What did I do wrong here? the other Lipos seemed to store for the same amount of time, in the same case with no problems.
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Pete
What did I do wrong here? the other Lipos seemed to store for the same amount of time, in the same case with no problems.
Thanks,
Pete
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RE: Battery Storage?
yup, they are toast unfortunately
you probably stored them all the way full, after a period ranging from a week to a month (depending on how conservative you are), you need to discharge the cells to about 50% capacity or 3.8v or so per cell.
you probably stored them all the way full, after a period ranging from a week to a month (depending on how conservative you are), you need to discharge the cells to about 50% capacity or 3.8v or so per cell.
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RE: Battery Storage?
I actually did a bit of searhing seems my batteries I had purchased in May used and then stored are part of a bad batch the vendor had. They asked me to mail them back, and they are shipping replacements to me.
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