Lipo Pyro fun

[Drunkskunk]

Just a quick video. I wanted to try out my GoPro and some editing software. Really its just an excuse to cause a fire.




Single cell from a failed HK pack. The cell had already vented, but there wasn't much to see at that point in the video.

[Doctorbass]

Excellent!

I see that the concentrated gas due to that metal contnent helped to make that BOOM effect!

Doc

[Ricky_nz]

Nice burst of flame. My preferred way to dispose of bad cells too.

Shocked at the beer spillage, That is only permitted if your entire pack goes up in flames!

[jonescg]

WHat was the strategy? charging to 5 volts? Over discharging then over-charging?

[deVries]

Hey, you really did not have any other flammable fumes in that bucket?

Why did it "poof" & flame-up & flash so high-up?

I guess Doctorbass was right about the cell consuming itself by its contents, but that was a serious ignition flash-up. Even the gaseous fumes could possibly ignite & "explode" too.

Throw a match into the gaseous plume next time.

[Drunkskunk]

The beer was mourned. And while lost beer can never be replaced, another was drank in its honor.

I hooked it up to a half dead car battery and let it sit. It actualy took 15 minutes to flame up. That cell had started to puff during charging a while ago. No extra fuel needed, using an iron kettle like that caught all the outgassing and directed it up.

I'd observed in other videos of lipo fires that they vented a lot of gas before they flamed up. My theory was that most of it was lost, blown too far away to burn. I was using the pot to capture it and direct it up into what i hoped would become the flame column. seems to have worked.

[dogman]

Next time you go camping, the biscuits will taste yummy.

[Drunkskunk]

Next time you go camping, the biscuits will taste yummy.

Mmmmm! Chicken Fried Lipo and Biscuits! All we need is some gravey!

[def215]

but i thought the beer was poured on the curb in memorial to all the lipos that were lost.

but theres nothing like a good old lipo fire, just not in the house of course.

[dnmun]

Next time you go camping, the biscuits will taste yummy.

i bet when the wife found out you used her favorite dutch oven, the fireworks were really flying!

classic ford, i have one like that too, but mine really looks 40 years old. very pretty.

[MikeFairbanks]

Okay, remind me to put lithium batteries in a trailer about twelve feet behind the bike.

[neptronix]

Okay, remind me to put lithium batteries in a trailer about twelve feet behind the bike.

When you intentionally make them explode, you should probably take them off the trailer