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I'm working on a new box to store my LiPos in. Upto yet its taking the form of a:
Metal Ammo box, with some sort of vent cut into it to allow the escape of pressures should a lipo go off. Inside the space will be split up into compartments to slow down or restrict the fire spreading to other lipos using fire resistant materials.
Looking at videos of lipos going up, it seems that if a lipo is open to the air, it goes up more ferociously than one that is in a bag or has external oxygen restricted to it (I am fully aware lipos produce oxygen and hence fuel their own fires... but the point is, if thats the only oxygen fueling the fire the reaction is slower)
To both insulate the lipos from the metal case and to contain the flames (to some degree) I am wondering if a fire blanket modified into compartments would do the job.. perhaps better than wood that some people have used.
As the vent, I'm thinking a few small holes drilled in the top side panel with some very fine mesh applied to it, to act as a kind of filter.. allowing pressure out but retaining some soot.
Two questions in my mind is what temperature do lipos burn at and is there a heat resistant glue I could use instead of sewing/threads?
Will post pics as the build develops
Any opinions in the mean time would be cool =)
Matt
Metal Ammo box, with some sort of vent cut into it to allow the escape of pressures should a lipo go off. Inside the space will be split up into compartments to slow down or restrict the fire spreading to other lipos using fire resistant materials.
Looking at videos of lipos going up, it seems that if a lipo is open to the air, it goes up more ferociously than one that is in a bag or has external oxygen restricted to it (I am fully aware lipos produce oxygen and hence fuel their own fires... but the point is, if thats the only oxygen fueling the fire the reaction is slower)
To both insulate the lipos from the metal case and to contain the flames (to some degree) I am wondering if a fire blanket modified into compartments would do the job.. perhaps better than wood that some people have used.
As the vent, I'm thinking a few small holes drilled in the top side panel with some very fine mesh applied to it, to act as a kind of filter.. allowing pressure out but retaining some soot.
Two questions in my mind is what temperature do lipos burn at and is there a heat resistant glue I could use instead of sewing/threads?
Will post pics as the build develops
Any opinions in the mean time would be cool =)
Matt
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