Lipo's

[Sqwidge]

When you buy a new lipo from the shop will/should it have charge in it?
they dont have a charge whilst being manufactured and if sitting on a shelf for 12 months before being sold surely they would have discharged themselves.
Reason I ask is coz im looking at batts on ebay and someone has bad feedback and reason for it was voltage was nil, surely if it was new in a box it would bil nil until charge and discharged a few times like normal batts??

[DIJ]

Lipo's are sold/stored partially charged, usually about 50% and don't suffer from self discharge anything like NiCad’s or NiMH

Also, if a lipo is discharged to much it can permanently damage it.

[Sqwidge]

I knew about too discharged and damaged but I dont get why some batts would be 0 volt just from being stored and sent over from HK

[bill91]

I have just got some lipos from HK but how would you know how long they had been lying around I dont know. But they were 50% charged and perfectly balanced, seriously cheap ones to! item number 150350156363 on the bay. how they perfom or for how long may be another thing...

[Tosh]

Below 3V per cell and there toast.

[Sqwidge]

Hopefully my 2450's will be here tomoz and with any luck they will be ok, fingers crossed

[Bugster]

I bought 4 x Zippy 2200mah 11.1v 25c from HK for £68 delivered (they managed to slip under the Customs radar ). I checked each one on the Cellpro Multi 4 and they were all dead on 60% charged.

Cheers

Bugster

[Grant85]

I too got three new 3cell lipos from hobby king and when i put them on my cellpro they read 50% charged.

[Sqwidge]

HK is Hong Kong, where is Hobby King? I hope they are ok I am dubious about using them anyway, if they were faulty that would suck.

[Tosh]

What makes you dubious?

[Sqwidge]

Tight budget hence using cheap batts, but mostly as they are from an unreliable source, on the other hand if they work great then confidence booster and I would prob use em again,

[Tosh]

l buy all my packs from there now. Who told you they were an unreliable source?

[Bugster]

Everything I've bought from Hobby King has been fine - delivery usually within 7 to 10 days except a couple of days longer when I ordered something on "National Grave tending day" - sounds like a fun event

Cheers

Bugster

[Sqwidge]

No-one told me he is unreliable but its the fact if anything is wrong there is not a lot you can do where as if i bought here i could go to the shop

[Twisted]

going to get my next load of packs there got my HK450 there great bit of kit, with only a few things that needed updateing (as in the tail cogs being plastic and prone to slipping)