Is is safe to use a battery with the case slightly expanded by just a bit ?

[superticky]

Hey guys,

I found two of my batteries with the case very slightly expanded, pictures attached. The charger and cell checker say they are good. Still I don't want to connect them or use them before checking. If it's better to toss them I will, just making sure. pictures attached. You can see they are not flushed anymore on a flat surface.

Thank you !

 

[JT58]

Everyone has different opinions and risk tolerance for this but personally I'd still run them if the cells still showed good.

 

[Tex Koder]

Hey guys,

I found two of my batteries with the case very slightly expanded, pictures attached. The charger and cell checker say they are good. Still I don't want to connect them or use them before checking. If it's better to toss them I will, just making sure. pictures attached. You can see they are not flushed anymore on a flat surface.

Thank you !

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I wouldn't be too worried about a very slight battery bulge..

I Still Bash with my lipos that's bulged even more than that.
Granted I keep a fire extinguisher nearby with me, at multiple places (in the house and car)...
And fire-proof storage cases, ie: converted ammo cans..
Just in case!


When I get home I'll get you some of my bulging pics..

 

[JT58]

When I get home I'll get you some of my bulging pics..

That's hot

 

[King blitz]

I wouldn't be too worried about a very slight battery bulge..

I Still Bash with my lipos that's bulged even more than that.
Granted I keep a fire extinguisher nearby with me, at multiple places...
Just in case!


When I get home I'll get you some of my bulging pics..

Whoa whoa .let's keep your bulging pics at home we don't need to see your bulges

 

[Eno]

we don't need to see your bulges

WAT? So no hot pics then??

 

[King blitz]

WAT? So no hot pics then??

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You can PM him and go over his crib. Have fun

 

[Tex Koder]

My buffy bulges..

6S

3S

 

[King blitz]

My buffy bulges..


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Holy crap ,Tex your still using them?? Wow I would have had taken them to my local shop and dispose of them long ago

My buffy bulges..


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Oh so those are the bulges you were talking aboutthank the good Lord

 

[Bustedaw11]

I've never actually witnessed a problem with a fat bat.

Some of them I've used on my freestyle drones had gotten so bad it split the plastic and you could see the cells.. not saying that is a good thing at all, but I deff still sent them. I kept them put up safely and carried them in my car etc safely though. Deff sketch.

They didn't have g10 plates or anything on em. You could crash upside down and blow one up pretty easy. Not sure if that played into the excessive puff.


Lipo safety first. Don't need any burnt down homes over saving a few bucks.

 

[Tex Koder]

I've never actually witnessed a problem with a fat bat.

Some of them I've used on my freestyle drones had gotten so bad it split the plastic and you could see the cells.. not saying that is a good thing at all, but I deff still sent them. I kept them put up safely and carried them in my car etc safely though. Deff sketch.

They didn't have g10 plates or anything on em. You could crash upside down and blow one up pretty easy. Not sure if that played into the excessive puff.

Lipo safety first. Don't need any burnt down homes over saving a few bucks.

That is True.

If you're Not comfortable with any of your lipos because of its puffy physical condition, then dispose of them appropriately.