battery burn bag

[Phil]

Lithium battery fires are nowadays extremely rare unless the battery receives a blow sufficient to damage the case. However, if "extremely rare" does not fill you with sufficient confidence that your house will not burn down, bear in mind that lithium is one seriously exothermically-reactive element - which is one of the reasons why it makes such great batteries.

How careful are you prepared to be?

Phil M1GWZ



On 25 Mar 2015, at 22:33, Martin wrote:

> I saw the results of a laptop battery catching fire while the laptop was in use.  It was connected to a home-brew 3D printer.  I can't image the fault that caused it but the aftermath in stink and smoke was awful.  The fire extinguisher also made a mess though that was the extent of the damage.
> 
> The idea of keeping my phone with 2.6 A-H LiPo in my pants pocket doesn't seem like such a good idea now.  BTW if you've never taken a smart phone apart you'd be surprised by what a large fraction of the phone is battery. 
> 
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:57 PM, WB4JFI <wb4jfi1 at wb4jfi.com> wrote:
> I’ve used LiPos quite a bit with RC planes and copters, I still have few bats and two chargers.  I have two LiPo protection bags that I regularly used whenever transporting the batteries.  I also use metal ammo cases to both charge and transport LiPos.  There has never been an incident here regarding LiPos, but I’m not willing to burn down my house on a chance.
>  
> The biggest thing is to watch the batteries, and if they start to puff up significantly, store them in a safe container until you can get rid of them safely.
> 73, Terry (prime), N4TLF
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>  
> From: Alex Fraser
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 4:15 PM
> To: TACOS
> Subject: battery burn bag
>  
> 
> I'm still learning about Lithium Ion battery technology
> I bought a hobby charger of fair quality.  It can do balanced charging of multiple cell packs.  If I do everything correctly when charging will this type of battery still have 
> a chance of catching fire?
> 
> I've seen  a lithium ion polymer (LiPo) charging bag, which they claim are flame proof.  
> Has anyone on list used these?   
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