RC LiPo Battery Storage
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2013
- Learn how to prepare your RC LiPo battery for longer term winter storage and keep them in top condition during the hobby season in this video workshop. To learn more about RC LiPo batteries, visit our web site at 2bfly.com/knowledgebase/
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Finally someone understands LIPOs well and can cut through all of the BS in the forums out there.
This has got to be the best explaination of LiPo batteries I have ever seen. This bloke knows his shit. No umms and ahhs, just all the info that relates to batteries. It doesn't seem scripted but he pulls it off because he knows what he's talking about. Excellent video, thanks heaps.
very well said guy!
Very informative. One of the best understandings about storing a lipo i have seen! Great job explaining
i usually keep my charging I just keep it under my pillow at night so i can hear it if anything goes wrong.
This is the way I'm starting to feel about these lipo batteries. Lol
This information is gold! Thank you for clearly explaining the lipo story.
Great Video ! I have been using the refrigeration method for long term storage for around 12 years with 100% positive experience.
Excellent! Answered many questions. Thanks!
One of the best video's I have watched. Thank you and what a credit your workshop is to you. Thank you Bart. Kia ora Jon
Thumbs up! Thanks for the extra content, dude, you are awesome in your attention to detail!
Excellent information. I especially liked the information about the battery being a storage vessel. I will also be reviewing my charger to make sure it discharges in the storage mode. Thanks!
Fantastic information, very well delivered.
Great info. Thanks. I think it's pretty important for people to know all of this info. No one wants a fire at worst case.
Good straightforward and concise presentation....off to storage charge now!
Awesome video. I'm a complete noob and LIPO maintenance is far more difficult than I imagined. Who would have thought "batteries" could be so complicated :-) Thanks again, I've learnt more from this one video that I have in the past few days! I'm a noob with a 2009 Traxxas Summit and Traxxas 7600mah battery.
Just buy a charger with storage mode and set a low amp rate and you are done
I found this video very helpful about discharging lipos.
Fantastic video!!! Thanks from a guy coming from Nicads!!!
Clear and concise. Good delivery. Thank you.
Well said. Clear information and Professional.
Very informative. Thank you, I learned a lot from this video.
great informative video on lipo batteries. learned a lot.
Awesome video! So many of my questions have been answered!
Excellent explanations and examples. Thank you so much
This is incredible info guys!! to the T just how I like it. Much appreciated!!
Thank you! You have expressed your extensive lipo battery knowledge so that I can really get it in my head. Lipos do not store well at full cvharge and like 3.8 or so for long term. I understand my lipo storage feature on my charger now and will use and trust it.
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Great video really really helped me understand lipo care and performance thank you!
Such a great explainer... well done chaps.
Great video. Thank you 2 Brothers.
Thanks dude. You really helped a kid out!!
Excellent information for your lipo's, Very well done guys
Thanks for the great explanation 👍🏻
thank you so much. i've always wondered how i should be storing my batteries
Excellent information. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Very helpful thanks. I do end up with my LiPo batteries puffed up and this explains why. I always charge them to full and then leave them hanging around for ages if the weather is too bad to run the cars.
Very clear and informative, than you!
Excellent information! Many thanks
I agree very informative. All their videos are. Good Job.
Excellent tips! Thank you! : D (Denise & Steve)
Thanks as always very professional information. Very nice video!
Thank you,it was right to the point !
Superb video, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant Descriptive Tutorial
Thank you so much, thats cleared a lot of the questions I had, leave in 3,85 per cell is best, max 4.2 per cell. thank you very much...
I appreciate. You've been very helpful 🙂
Very good information! Thanx!
Great thorough video!
I have had two occasions where I discharged my 3S 2200 45-90c Nano Turnigys to close to zero volts. One by getting it caught in a tree overnight, the other by crashing in deep brush and not finding it for a week. Both were slightly puffy and my charger would not "see" them unless I charged them on 'NiCAD' at a very low rate till they were at around 3.3v/cell.
I continue to use them. They have maybe 80% capacity, and I watch them carefully while charging and storage.
Excellent review.
excellent video!
Great info! Thanks.
Well explained thank you.
Thanks for the help.
Am so glad I have seen this video! I normally charge mine fully and store them until the next bash session! So once the batteries are in storage mode how long will they stay like that until they hit the low voltage safety level? You mention 1% a month.
**excellent** video.
great info thanks!
Great vid thanks
tailguner is correct, it's a little of both. You'll see guys using "sausages" at the field sometimes and they'd argue otherwise but the fact is the polymer has been compromised and the there's a good chance the plates themselves are distorted depending on the severity. It tends to cascade as well: outgassing compromises cell performance, cell resistance increases, heat generation increases, etc. For packs used on very low wattage applications the cascade is slower. Higher power, higher risk.
i have stored my lipo batterys full charge for months at a time on they work fine every time and have used them for 5 years and they never changed still have the time life thy always did
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Good job, thanks.
great great video!
Thanks for the video so I've kept my traxxas lipo fully charged for 7 days on multiple ocassins should I be worried about my battery is it still good to use
Thank you!
Hi. Great video thanks for that. One question: some battery manufacturers advise you to keep balance lead conector covered when keeping batteries together in orderd for them to not accidentaly get damaged by touching one to another. I have never heard anyone doing this. Is this something you would recommend?
Very helpful.
This is a great video. Wish I had seen it over a year ago! I bought the Phantom 1 just after it came out plus 5 extra batteries ... Turnigy 2200 mAh 25-50c. I used it for perhaps 5 or 6 months and then stopped using it. I don't know if the batteries were charged or discharged when I stopped using the quadcopter. Most likely some of them had been discharged by the quadcopter to the appropriate voltage, but unless I had used them all on the last day of use, some were probably put away fully charged. There appears to be a slight puffiness in the Turnigys ... definitely none in the original battery that came with the Phantom. Is there some way I can test these batteries to see if it is alright to continue charging them. Can this be done with a regular multimeter. Is there any other piece of equipment I can buy to facilitate this operation. Thanks.
There are a lot of chargers on the market that offer internal resistance testing as a feature. Problem is: internal resistance varies with load and temperature so any bench testing you do without a consistent baseline won't be much help. I test my batteries with the TP 820 CD charger at a consistent room temperature and keep a log. Although it may be inaccurate at the field, I can baseline my packs in the shop and keep track of their performance over time.
Very informative Thanks. I have a question. to make it simple for me. is it best to store lipo charged or depleted ? what is the best way to store Nickel... charged or depleted ?
great info thanks
I love these information ... I have one simple question kindly someone can answer plz , why do lipo batteries with 1 cell buffing and it's almost new and how do I fix it ??
This was great! I've always been wary about LiPo batteries because I've never used them... (always glow fuel in boats). But now that I'm getting interested in planes, I'm starting to look more in to them. Do you any videos on LiFe batteries?
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Some manufacturers don't thoroughly test their cells for a burst rating, so they'll only list the constant rating for the battery. Keep in mind, actual "C" rating is closer to 85-90% of the listed value. This is due to voltage drop, wire resistance, temperature, etc. You should always size your battery for constant discharge amperage as calculated by your motor's constant rating. This will leave overhead for burst without risking too high of a draw under average conditions.
Hi there. I have some lipos (2200 3S and 5000 6S) which have been stored discharged (3.75/cell or so) for 3mo. Then I charged and they looked good on the voltage meter but the helis started to bog, then I added an meter with alarm and even with a full 4.2V charge 20 seconds in a hover the charge fell below 3.7 and the alarm started to beep. Are those lipos damaged or they could be recovered? Thanks for such well made videos.
Very new to lipos. I starting out with spektrum smart batteries and charger. 3s 3200mah 11.1v . The first battery was fully charged and I used it playing with my apprentice just setting up everything up for a few days. Put it back on the charger and put it in storage. Storage put the cells at 3.93 - 3.95- and 3.96 volts.. Isn’t that a little high for storage? Great videos by the way.
It really depends on the number of cycles, battery age, chemistry, purity of materials, etc. Storing at full charge is taxing on any LiPo and can negatively impact cell cycle life, capacity, and performance. The extent of the short term/long term impact varies from one battery to the next. People often think there is no damage but they aren't monitoring ongoing internal resistance per cell or trying to get the full cycle life or capacity out of the battery pack.
Thanks for the response, can you recommend a tool or procedure to determine the internal resistance of a battery?
To answer your car question: it depends on your powerplant ratings and use. For example, offroad courses have you constantly on and off the throttle so as long as your battery is rated for the motors continuous draw, you'll be fine. Airplanes, boats and helis tend to be the higher risk since extended full throttle use is more easily accomplished. Finally, there's no safe way of calculating unknown burst since it depends on the battery's specific chemistry, internal wiring, etc.
Do you reduce the amperage at which the battery charges when you're applying a storage charge?
I've got 2 q500 4k lipos a little puffy still reading 12.5v 4.2 a cell still ok to use or put them into storage charge
I'm curious about long term storage options. Are they safe in a lipo bag for months on end, or should they be locked in an ammo can? Or both?
I have traxxas 6700 lipo for X Maxx, have Traxxas Live charger with storage mode, If I put battery in storage will it be good for 4 to 6 months ? Plan on using them in the spring.
I have a Onyx 245 that just overcharged a VENOM battery, FIRE happened... working on getting a replacement yet I needed a good discharging/storage unit. You have any TOP options??
Could you recommend a good budget balance charger.
Hello. can you help me please with some advice? how do I keep my batteries in order not to lose their capacity? even if I put them on the shelf to 50% (lipo storage) some of them lose their capacity when they load them ... for example from 2500mah I still have 1200. I tried to discharge them and charge them again many times believing that this cycle will resurrect them but without success. some of them or puffed and used 2-3 times. I'm new to rc, and even if I really like it's expensive to buy batteries. please help me.
if fly your pack down to 50 % can you storage at that?
Sorry so if my lipo battery is full when I put it on deccharge do I have to put it back on storage mode after
I have a optima reciver with the aurora 9x with 7 channels, what the recomended battery for that reciver??
Thank you
Will my lipo battery be fine if I was to charge it and store it over night and use it the next day
For an Elfite 2s 280 mAh 3c, should I put the same amp rate as I where to charge it, to discharge it? In my case it's 0.7A
can i charge a partially full lipo battery, or do i need to run it down first?
hi, so it mean that , storage mode are just to keep the battery at 3.8v per cell rite? no matter if i had a full charge, i just use it to drop the v to 3.8 and store it also are necessary? as long as the battery had a 3.8v per cell, am i rite? for the storage mode, if my batter are lower like a 3.7v, using the storage mode, it will help me to charge it till 3.8v and cut off? & if over like 4.0v , it will auto help me drop it till 3.8v and cut off?
What do you do if your lipo battery doesn't a balancing plug
I’m only gonna not use it for like a week should I storage charge it?
with in how many days should use my fully charged 4s pack. to prevent any damage. thanks
So if I have some rc cars with li-ion batteries then I can keep it at 100% charge for a month and it is fine?
Pls reply if you know
I have a 2S 5000mAh 25c lipo battery. I have a balancing charger that does not have a "storage charge" feature.
I am reading in the manuel for the lipo battery that it should be stored at 3.6v-3.9v. What does this mean?
Should I just charge up the battery to 50% capacity and store it that way?
Im new to this sport i have a accucell 6 charger and my batteries are Turnigy 2.2 3cell 11.1v,
I am ok with the charging side of things, but I have a question about the storage.
once battery is linked to charger I select storage, am i correct in selecting 3.8v on voltage or do i have to enter the 11.1v. it also asks what Amp to use for discharge this i dont know. so can you assist me with the answer and is there a formula that allows you to work this out. Thanks for any help Andy
Cool thanks
once i am done using my battery what do i do with it? should they be sitting on storage all the time?
its a bit easyer with a 1s lipo right? I am just getting in to helicopter hoby so I am starting with a small heli!
Quick question, I run two Pro Boats and an Arrma #Granite 4x4 BLX Truck and I run a lot of 2s and 3s lipo's batteries! What's the best number to store them at - 50% correct?