Cutting a charged battery open.
What did you think would happen? Ha



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I am pretty sure I have seen this clip on YouTube under 'Idiots at Work'.

Geebax Posted at 2018-6-9 18:55
I am pretty sure I have seen this clip on YouTube under 'Idiots at Work'.

One word...enlightening!

I bet that smells............lovely.

Geebax Posted at 2018-6-9 18:55
I am pretty sure I have seen this clip on YouTube under 'Idiots at Work'.

They have, Jobs? Haha



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PowerBand1 Posted at 2018-6-9 19:01
One word...enlightening!

Did you want thunder with your “lightning”? Hahaha


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iamjustjohn Posted at 2018-6-9 19:46
I bet that smells............lovely.

Think Hawaiian volcano sulphuric awesomeness. ;-)



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You really should use more time on keeping your RC's in fit condition and less on mirroring the YT archive in here.

One word springs to mind, why!

KedDK Posted at 2018-6-10 02:12
You really should use more time on keeping your RC's in fit condition and less on mirroring the YT archive in here.

Look who’s sharing!! Yet You, have time to reply, why? Haha
You watched the video, and found it silly no doubt. Breaking the monotony here, was the goal.

If it wasn’t pouring rain here, I would be out, burning off the back wheel, on my Can Am SpYder RS-S.

My seven drones are all doing fine. Two rc helicopters as well. Very fit indeed.Haha.
This morning, I have been working with my pink wrigglers. I started a vermiculture, worm composting bin. I had to feed them and stir up the bedding...

Actually I have several other hobbies aside from RC modeling.
Archery and bow hunting are a favourite pastime too. I do keep all that gear pristine, when not in use.
My Leather work carving/tooling/stitching, is also something that keeps me mentally occupied.
My regular dslr Nikon D800 with 80-400mm lens attached. Great for “BIRD” watching. Smile

What about yourself. Other interests aside from your DJI products and services? Love to hear what active members here enjoy, spending their precious time doing for fun and or profit..


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AlanHd Posted at 2018-6-10 02:22
One word springs to mind, why!

You need to keep that spring well oiled and in a dry clean place. Hahaha

Do often work on that mind too. Keeping it active and excersised.



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Why didn't they make themselves  useful and maybe grill some burgers over it.

ALABAMA Posted at 2018-6-10 09:26
Why didn't they make themselves  useful and maybe grill some burgers over it.

Sounds delightfully delicious to me.


Yeah, make mine a nice thick grilled Alberta bison burger. Thanks.
http://www.canadianliving.com/food/recipe/bison-burgers-1

Throw on some sweet Taber Alberta corn too. Ha


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So I guess this is not the proper way to dispose a defective lipo :-)

So what is the proper way?
We have these recycling places in town where you can dispose anything. Some stuff only for a fee.

What happens if I crash my drone and the lipo starts burning?
I need to wait till its over and take it in my car to one of these places?
I don't wanna set my car on fire ;-)

Eric13 Posted at 2018-6-10 10:29
So I guess this is not the proper way to dispose a defective lipo :-)

So what is the proper way?

Drowned it in a Salt bath...

Then to the recycle station.

If you are visiting your local hobby shop, they will dispose of it for you.


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Stupid but fun.

RedHotPoker Posted at 2018-6-10 11:06
Drowned it in a Salt bath...

Then to the recycle station.

What a bummer.
Now I need to always carry with me a metal bucket, a gallon of water and a pound of salt?  

Eric13 Posted at 2018-6-12 13:12
What a bummer.
Now I need to always carry with me a metal bucket, a gallon of water and a pound of salt?

Nah, just tie them dud packs to a helium balloon, and send them up, to Heaven... grinning like a rake



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That is some good clean fun.

And yes that must have smelled great.

Hurley1718 Posted at 2018-6-12 15:56
That is some good clean fun.

And yes that must have smelled great.

Heck, I could smell it all the way from YouTube up here in Edmonton. Haha

Yes, pretty stank.



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RedHotPoker Posted at 2018-6-10 08:20
Look who’s sharing!! Yet You, have time to reply, why? Haha
You watched the video, and found it silly no doubt. Breaking the monotony here, was the goal.

Love to hear what active members here enjoy, spending their precious time doing for fun and or profit..

I have my own professional weather station and website, i a so do a bit of web hosting on the side

my weather site is  here and here (test site),  i wont post the hosting side of it for obvious reasons lol

Bashy Posted at 2018-6-12 20:30
Love to hear what active members here enjoy, spending their precious time doing for fun and or profit..

I have my own professional weather station and website, i a so do a bit of web hosting on the side

Semi retired actually. Though I do have several other pastimes and hobbies.

Aside from my Mathews Archery/Bowhunting, Leather-crafts, DSLR photography with my Nikon D800, slingshot practice, and others.
Recently I began a vermiculture or worm composting bin. If they multiply as expected, I could start a small pink wriggler, worm business. Ha


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Eric13 Posted at 2018-6-12 13:12
What a bummer.
Now I need to always carry with me a metal bucket, a gallon of water and a pound of salt?

Water would actually be a very bad idea for an exposed battery.  Remember school science class?  Remember what happens when you put lithium in water?

Phil Evans Posted at 2018-6-15 04:15
Water would actually be a very bad idea for an exposed battery.  Remember school science class?  Remember what happens when you put lithium in water?

When I went to school there were no Lithium Batteries ;-)

Eric13 Posted at 2018-6-15 04:19
When I went to schoool there were no Lithium Batteries ;-)

Maybe not, but there was raw lithium metal ;-)

Eric13 Posted at 2018-6-12 13:12
What a bummer.
Now I need to always carry with me a metal bucket, a gallon of water and a pound of salt?

The Saltwater method is actually a misrepresentation of advice that was given in the early days of LiPo hitting the hobby scene. Like many mistakes it has become 'fact' by its too often repeated advice.

The actual method recc'd was :
''The original proposal was by Fred Marks when they were first selling Kokam packs and had two components:

1) Discharge the cells into a resistive load until they are flat.
THEN
2) Slit the cell and put in salt water in order to chemically neutralise the contents.

The salt bath had nothing to do with the discharge process.''

Therefore modern day advice is to :
Discharge through resistive item such as lamp or resistor till battery is zero.
Remove plugs - twist lead ends together to maintain dead state.

Dispose of via recognised hazmat waste disposal.

Saltwater as in table salt in water is actually not a great conductor as people imagine. It would initially discharge the battery at a reasonable rate - but as the battery goes down and its energy value reduces - the high resistance of the saltwater mix would slow it down too much.

The only real way to discharge is via suitable lamp or resistor ...  Don't forget to get to true zero is actually infinite time. To get to practical zero is the aim. Second that zero energy of a LiPo is stated as 3V .... but you need to go down to as near 0V as possible and most charge / dischargers will not do that as they have cut-off at around 2.8 - 3.0V.

Here's a simple discharger I built for about $10 ... caters for LiPo's 1 to 6S ....



Simple enough to fit a DJI socket from eBay to it ...

Nigel

Phil Evans Posted at 2018-6-15 04:15
Water would actually be a very bad idea for an exposed battery.  Remember school science class?  Remember what happens when you put lithium in water?

Water is the recommended way of putting out lithium battery fires, it is the only way that has much affect.
The water works by cooling the battery and stopping the flames spreading to surrounding material.

There is no lithium metal in a good lithium battery, so your school science class is not relevant.