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06-17-2014 12:38 AM

dashpuppy

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by gixerfien

Ok, I'll try and get around to it tomorrow. I think I just needed the nudge of approval to go deeper

Been busy getting ready for the funfly on June 21st at the Whitby, ON club. Bringing the power supplies and setting up a vendors booth there

take the yellow tape off, then you will see that it's just 3 cells in series. nothing special..

06-17-2014 12:12 AM

gixerfien

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK

I don't think you have it stripped down enough yet Cory. Take that yellow plastic off and have another look underneath. There will be solder joints to undo.

Ok, I'll try and get around to it tomorrow. I think I just needed the nudge of approval to go deeper

Been busy getting ready for the funfly on June 21st at the Whitby, ON club. Bringing the power supplies and setting up a vendors booth there

06-16-2014 07:09 PM

OLD PRAIRIE RED NECK

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

I don't think you have it stripped down enough yet Cory. Take that yellow plastic off and have another look underneath. There will be solder joints to undo.

06-09-2014 08:59 AM

gixerfien

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

So I opened up the pack yesterday and now I don't know what to do next lol.

There is 2 blocks sitting on top of the cells which have the solder points attached to them. Have no idea what it's made out of but it's definitely not a metal making a circuit. One is laying on its side on the ground end, and the other laying down.

This next pic shows where the wires go, white wire goes underneath the area the ground is around and is the 1st cell. Blue is the middle cell and red is the last cell in the series.

So would it just be a matter of desoldering both red wires. Removing that cell (what is involved in that??). Then soldering the red main lead to the same spot the blue wire is. Then remove the pins on the balance tab, discard the red, and put the pins back into a 2 cell tab.

06-02-2014 11:46 AM

JoeT

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by gixerfien

What about, "Man, for that price it better gimme a BJ too!!!

I'll take 2 of them for that price, please.

06-02-2014 11:40 AM

gixerfien

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by MikeCam

Agree. You get what you pay for to some degree and the bigger stuff can run into the thousands. If that is the case then a TP pack might be the best option.

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Originally Posted by dashpuppy

Those are way over priced

especially for the sizes i need! BUT you are sure right, you get what you pay for!

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Originally Posted by MikeCam

I'm not too familiar with the expensive packs, I use the HK stuff. he he

I agree with you get what you pay for.

I don't know if I could fathom spending the money on these packs either

But as a 2nd options, I will buy pulse, and then gen's ace from rotorquest

Part of the issue is when someone dominates the top end of a category in the market in forms of quality/options etc, they can charge WHATEVER they want and think someone would still pay. Like TP, Kontroniks, Scorpion etc etc

Which in turn makes them HUGELY overpriced and us suckers will pay for the best sometimes

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Originally Posted by JoeT

You know the old saying "If the only tool in the toolbox is a hammer, then every solution looks like a nail".. LOL

What about, "Man, for that price it better gimme a BJ too!!!

06-02-2014 11:24 AM

gixerfien

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

I have only bought the nano's 45c and 65c, and this is the 1st pack I've ever had an issue with. I have seen plenty of zippy and rhino swollen packs so I've never used them for this reason.

For the price of the nano's compared to other brands not from HK. If in 3 years using them with many many flights on them that I have to replace 1 pack, then that's fine with me

06-02-2014 11:19 AM

MikeCam

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by dashpuppy

Those are way over priced

especially for the sizes i need! BUT you are sure right, you get what you pay for!

I'm not too familiar with the expensive packs, I use the HK stuff. he he

06-02-2014 11:07 AM

dashpuppy

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by MikeCam

Agree. You get what you pay for to some degree and the bigger stuff can run into the thousands. If that is the case then a TP pack might be the best option.

Those are way over priced

especially for the sizes i need! BUT you are sure right, you get what you pay for!

06-02-2014 11:04 AM

MikeCam

Re: Bad cell on lipo...toss or other uses??

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Originally Posted by JoeT

10-4, I have about 5 x 4S packs for my Tigermoth which has performed flawlessly for hundreds of flights. I'm not nice to the batteries either, and they have not exhibited any strange behavior.

As a matter of fact, I use HobbyKing LiFe's for my 1/4scale and 1/3 scale planes, I use them to power up the powerbox as well as the ignition. Can't beat them for the price performance. I'm actually doing to dump all my NiCad's and NiMh's in favor of LifePo4's, they are amazing.

You know the old saying "If the only tool in the toolbox is a hammer, then every solution looks like a nail".. LOL

I pretty much have HK life's in all my planes for Rx power or ignition power. 3D stuff I still use true A123 cells but that's it.

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