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Moderator: If you feel this is in the wrong section, feel free to move - but this should apply to most batteries, so i posted here.
Anyway, I sent back my first battery with only 14 cycles on it. It was "puffed" to the point I was scared to use it or even have it around.
I was about to send my second one back as it was showing signs of puffing at 16 cycles. BTW, I do not abuse my batteries - I even posted this video to show them my typical flights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxAhsafOBM
Anyway, I went back to my old school days when Li-Ion batteries first came out. They would get really hot, and that killed them fast. So for no other reason than that I had nothing to lose, I put the Phantom 2 battery in my fridge like we used to do. The swelling "puffing" went down.
Since then I've been refrigerating my batteries after the flight and before charging them - assuming I have access to a fridge. If any battery shows signs of puffing i again put it in the fridge.
This is not a 100% cure as a couple batteries do have slight puffing on occasion, but nothing like before at all.
Give this a try if you are having puffing issues.
Below is one "puffed" battery and one good one:
Anyway, I sent back my first battery with only 14 cycles on it. It was "puffed" to the point I was scared to use it or even have it around.
I was about to send my second one back as it was showing signs of puffing at 16 cycles. BTW, I do not abuse my batteries - I even posted this video to show them my typical flights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxAhsafOBM
Anyway, I went back to my old school days when Li-Ion batteries first came out. They would get really hot, and that killed them fast. So for no other reason than that I had nothing to lose, I put the Phantom 2 battery in my fridge like we used to do. The swelling "puffing" went down.
Since then I've been refrigerating my batteries after the flight and before charging them - assuming I have access to a fridge. If any battery shows signs of puffing i again put it in the fridge.
This is not a 100% cure as a couple batteries do have slight puffing on occasion, but nothing like before at all.
Give this a try if you are having puffing issues.
Below is one "puffed" battery and one good one: