Phantom caught on fire whilst stored

It's inadvisable to leave the battery in it anyway.
Easier said than done to always keep in a fireproof container and presumably you wouldn't want several in one container or they might go off in chain reaction.
Generally fires are most likely during charging or following any damage like dropping or puncture.
I suspect a 50% charged one in stored in a cool place where nothing can accidentally bump it is a safe as it can be.
 
BlackTracer said:
Congrats you can Google image lipo battery fire. I have never heard a single news story, local or national, about a lipo battery fire. In the newspaper, on tv, or anywhere. Don't post Google images of lipo fires claiming those are news stories. That's ridiculous.

All 787 Dreamliners were grounded for a few months after this LIPO fire:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/...it-of-japan-airlines-flight-at-logan-airport/

Here's a drone fire on a passenger aircraft:
Earlier this year, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigated a fire onboard a Fiji Airways flight that was moments from taking off to Nadi from Melbourne. Their investigation determined that the alarming “white heavy smoke billowing” from the plane’s cargo hold had been caused by a number of lithium-ion polymer batteries catching fire. Specifically, lithium-ion batteries which were used to operate a drone.
http://petapixel.com/2014/09/08/pro...atteries-or-you-might-set-your-plane-on-fire/

Until about ten years ago Laptop computers were not allowed in aircraft cabins due to the fire hazard. Recently HP/Compaq settled a lawsuit over their laptops catching fire:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2486...e_claims_over_hazardous_laptop_batteries.html
 
LiPo battteries don't just go up in flames randomly. There is likely more to this story than there is being told.
LiPo batteries don't like to be overcharged or over discharged however unlike normal RC LiPo batteries the P2 battery include an electronic circuit that is supposed to prevent this type of user error. Next is physical damage of the battery due to a crash or something like dropping the battery accidentally, any LiPo that went through such a traumatic experience should be disposed of or at the very minimum be watched very closely and handled with great precautions. Swelling of a LiPo battery is a sure warning sign that something is wrong and it should be disposed of very quickly.
Btw NiMH might have less of a chance causing a fire but they can explode since they are in a pressure vessel ;)
 
No one on this post seems to be concerned with the LIPO battery that's in the new transmitters. A lot of people are storing their batteries in ammo cans, or security lock boxes. But if you do that, shouldn't you find a storage home for your transmitter as well?
 
Only if you want to put your iPhone and laptop in there as well!!

The battery in the TX is a much lower capacity and has a lower "C" or discharge rating. This means that the potential energy is much less and the battery itself is more robust, with thicker insulation. If you puncture the cell, it will probably just get hot and not actually burst into flames.
 
BlackTracer said:
Congrats you can Google image lipo battery fire. I have never heard a single news story, local or national, about a lipo battery fire. In the newspaper, on tv, or anywhere.

Seriously? I find it hard to believe even a hermit living in a cave in Antarctica missed the Tesla fire. It was on every channel, every TV station, every news paper and every magazine for days:

tesla-model-s-fire.jpg


How about the massive Sony recall? It was in the New York Times and The Guardian:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/techn ... .html?_r=0
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... w-vaio-pcs

I could go on and on. But LIPO battery fires are a common and well known problem.
 
rbhamilton said:
BlackTracer said:
Congrats you can Google image lipo battery fire. I have never heard a single news story, local or national, about a lipo battery fire. In the newspaper, on tv, or anywhere.

Seriously? I find it hard to believe even a hermit living in a cave in Antarctica missed the Tesla fire. It was on every channel, every TV station, every news paper and every magazine for days:

tesla-model-s-fire.jpg


How about the massive Sony recall? It was in the New York Times and The Guardian:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/techn ... .html?_r=0
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... w-vaio-pcs

I could go on and on. But LIPO battery fires are a common and well known problem.

If you read all my posts, you would have seen that I conceded after that one. So STFU.
 

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