RC Shop burns down due to Lipo fire

[knuckles]

Video here:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=989142024447295

There's some info and a fundraiser link here if you feel like you want to donate. I'm not related to this person in any way. Just sharing the story.
https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/ ... overy-fund

 

[Khudson7]

Gee, really feel sorry for this guy...it sure makes me re-think how I store my lipo's...

 

[LuvMyTJ]

Lipo's are no joke. Since I have an assortment of RC vehicles I have a variety of lipo's around. I keep mine in empty ammo cans. You can pick them up cheap at surplus stores, garage sales, craigslist, etc. Metal, air tight, and pretty much fireproof. This way I can keep them in my house without as much fear of a surprise lipo fire.

 

[knuckles]

Lipo's are no joke. Since I have an assortment of RC vehicles I have a variety of lipo's around. I keep mine in empty ammo cans. You can pick them up cheap at surplus stores, garage sales, craigslist, etc. Metal, air tight, and pretty much fireproof. This way I can keep them in my house without as much fear of a surprise lipo fire.

I have the same thing. I think I got mine on Amazon for about $10 or something

 

[N017RW]

Started using LiPos about '06.

Those look like a photo of my ammo cans.

This is the first time I've heard a retailer has had a loss.
Think of all the batts. in storage a manufacturers, warehouses, stores, etc.
You don't hear about fires much or at all except on planes now and again. At least I haven't.

I have heard of a homeowner losing their house to a LiPo charger/charging failure 4-5 years ago on a CP Heli forum.

 

[sdtrojan]

Serious question: was he charging the batteries and they exploded or are lipo batteries of such a volatile nature they just spontaneously combust? There has to be more to this story.

 

[p fandango]

Serious question: was he charging the batteries and they exploded or are lipo batteries of such a volatile nature they just spontaneously combust? There has to be more to this story.

the cause was only the owners opinion. He admits he'd charged some, & had more charging when he left then in the shop/shed to go & make a coffee in the house

 

[russianfront]

WOW
Thanks for posting. I just assumed that the batteries in the Phantom were like any other battery and had my 3 just laying around the house.

 

[LuvMyTJ]

WOW
Thanks for posting. I just assumed that the batteries in the Phantom were like any other battery and had my 3 just laying around the house.

Take great care with lipos. Watch the first one on safety and the second shows a lipo not connected or charging spontaneously explode into flames inside the EZ Drone shop...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmnP6YEBKU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9fhlr9S5s[/youtube]

 

[Khudson7]

Thanks for posting those videos and all the info here....as a result, I have just ordered the ammo box for my lipos

 

[LuvMyTJ]

Thanks for posting those videos and all the info here....as a result, I have just ordered the ammo box for my lipos

For the relative low cost of a containment vessel you have made a good investment. Makes them easy to keep tract of too if you have a lot of RC's and batteries.