Cliff Bastow Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) I have just had two battery’s catch fire on consecutive charges so I think my charger must be faulty. I was monitoring the second one. The charger beeped to indicate full charge, then the battery just burst into flames. Luckily I charge outside. Won’t be using that charger again! It is an IMAX B6 and is less than 5 months old! Edited April 13 by Cliff Bastow Spelling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil Green Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Gods musta been with you ! 😱😱😱😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) Where did you buy the charger from? Is it a genuine unit? https://www.skyrc.com/antifake/public/ Edited April 13 by PDB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 I did not buy it PDP it was a Xmas present. Using the info you sent I think it might not be a genuine one! scary stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) The SkyRC B6 is widely copied, I think the problem is that copies often aren't calibrated. Edited April 13 by Phil Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepeiro Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I live in a flat while my house is being refurbished (been nearly 4 years now🤪) and this makes me quite paranoid I currently only have 1s lipos max mah ~400 and keep them in a batsafe box in my studio which has a fair amount of balsa tissue books and other flammable stuff. Don’t really have anywhere outside where the good Scottish weather wouldn’t get to them. planning to have an outside box to store and charge outside once back in my house which should be this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 My bat safe box arrived yesterday, seems a decent bit of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Yep - the Bat Safe is a great piece of gear if you have to charge indoors. I use two of them, each with a charger mounted on top and charging one battery at a time. One charger is pretty much set at 2.2amps and 2200mah and churns through the most common battery type, whilst the other deals with everything else and so has it's parameters changed all the time. They are working in the background whilst I am in the workshop doing other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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