SCARED!!!! Plugged in a lipo the wrong way, sparks

[Will26]

Okay so.... I have just been thoroughly freaked out. I have a venom battery with a multi plug..... Plugged in the connected the wrong way then into my vxl 3s esc. HUGE FREAKING SPARKS. Instantly I jumped back and sat my lipo in the middle of my driveway (concrete.) This happened not even 5 minutes ago so I'm still shaking, I don't know if my lipo is still good nor the esc. Sometimes I just need to pay more attention to what I'm doing!!!!


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[Will26]

the burn marks. Yes they're slight, but they should not be there!


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[Rolex]

You should NEVER use a connector like that with ANY battery.
Switch to Dean's, with the female connector on the battery and the male end on the ESC and the charger.

You can't make a mistake with these.

 

[Will26]

You should NEVER use a connector like that with ANY battery.
Switch to Dean's, with the female connector on the battery and the male end on the ESC and the charger.

You can't make a mistake with these.

Thanks for the advice man. It was completely my fault, had the connector on the esc rather then the battery first. I could've prevented it. Here's the battery... It's sitting in the mailbox.

Here's a link to the battery incase anyone's confused: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXTET3&P=8


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[hamz9561]

The multi-link connector is trouble just waiting to happen as you found out. I'm with Rolex on using Dean's connectors. I run their mini connectors on all of my 1/24 and 1/36 scale trucks.

 

[NitroRC4Life]

I've done the same thing before by accident with a $100 battery. Nothing happened luckily, but I got a nice little shock out of it, lol.

 

[Will26]

Thanks for the input guys. I'm changing this thing over!


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[alien13]

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9194

 

[Will26]

It works at least!


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[HPI-Killer]

If you see anything puff on that pack I would crap it out ASAP. I did that thing to a nimh pack and left if backwards until it started shooting hot smoke all over then realized I messed up.... Never used the pack again.

 

[Will26]

Yep checked everything, no puffing whatsoever. Phew!


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[Lessen]

I've accidently short-circuited a Lipo on a couple of occasions trying to solder connectors on. Obviously, that's something you want to avoid doing but my packs have been fine.

 

[neobart]

I did that to a Nano-tech, it never performed as well as it's sister packs. After 10 cycles it would get very warm after a run, and soon after it puffed, and was subsequently retired.

 

[godale03]

I know how you feel bro. Back a few years ago, I changed out the connectors on my Emaxx and being new to the hobby I just cut the old connectors off the ESC without paying attention. If I had been paying attention I would have noticed that there were 2 black and 2 red wires and that the red wires should be crossed. Well, when I went to plug the batter packs in I got lots of smoke and ended up ruining a brand new NiMh batter. It melted the bars between the cells. Thankfully it did not fry the ESC and just the one pack!

 

[MudSlinger33]

I think we have all experienced reversed polarity at least once. I did it once on a nimh batt, was not paying any attention to what wires I was soldering and when I went to plug it in...POOF!

 

[moe7404]

i am NOT an electronics expert. did you check the voltage? i think you should charge it VERY VERY VERY slow. like .01 amp. get some BIG resistors to soak current.