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My worst Zeee is on its last leg. But still pushing it. Puffed up badly early on. I don't expect much from them at their pricepoint. They are made from low grade cells and poorly matched as well. But all lipos can be a mixed bag. care and feeding is most important. Even an expensive quality lipo can be abused beyond use rather quickly. Always storage charge them when not being used right after they are discharged. And never let them sit charged for a long while. Use them once charged. Sitting Full charged for several days is also bad
Cell 6 taking a dump. It was full charged and sitting but for 5 minutes. # 6 is slowly dying. With 8.2 Miliohms. # 2 is following.....
I probably have 30+ cycles on this pack.
If I get 50+ cycles out of any lipo before they start to peter out, perform poorly, I am happy. This Zeee is pretty much done though. Will become a bench pack untill it is too dangerous to keep around.
Great point. I hope you setup up your Max 8 ESC properly in the settings. Never run an upgrade ESC without checking the parameters. A simple thing like incorrect LVC will ruin any Lipo. Check parameters. Timing, Punch etc. Failing to do this will have consequences. Not sure if this applies in your case.. I have Zeees here also. Far from my best lipos. But they still work with High IR's and poorly matched cells. Damage to the Balance leads cannot be overlooked. Carefully mount your balance plug when strapping in your Lipo. Many Bal leads fail instead, and the cells are still good. Not sure what applies in your case. If no voltage appears for a specific cell, could be Bal. lead issue. Internally within the pack. Or a damaged bal. wire(s). Been there. With a lipo testor, check total pack volts and compare to what the cells read. Should add up. If not. You have a dead Bal lead wire? Charger will reject that lipo as it is supposed to do. Zeees don't have the best construction IMHO. They are budget lipos. But serve well enough for bashing use.If your cells are down to 2.1, then the LVC isn't working properly; it isn't enabled at all; or you have it set too low. There's no way a cell should get that low unless one of the three things above are occurring. Did you notice LVC kicking in before you checked the voltage?
Some ideas.
edit.
My worst Zeee is on its last leg. But still pushing it. Puffed up badly early on. I don't expect much from them at their pricepoint. They are made from low grade cells and poorly matched as well. But all lipos can be a mixed bag. care and feeding is most important. Even an expensive quality lipo can be abused beyond use rather quickly. Always storage charge them when not being used right after they are discharged. And never let them sit charged for a long while. Use them once charged. Sitting Full charged for several days is also bad
Cell 6 taking a dump. It was full charged and sitting but for 5 minutes. # 6 is slowly dying. With 8.2 Miliohms. # 2 is following.....
I probably have 30+ cycles on this pack.
If I get 50+ cycles out of any lipo before they start to peter out, perform poorly, I am happy. This Zeee is pretty much done though. Will become a bench pack untill it is too dangerous to keep around.
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