fpv may finally be the thing that makes me buy house insurance. Thanks for the great video bro!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Definitely something worth looking into.. it's pretty insane what these things can do.
@thereisa6inthename6 жыл бұрын
My house burned down. It was most probably not a lipo, but still, insure that shit.
@SirFrag326 жыл бұрын
How do you not have home insurance... o.O
@thereisa6inthename6 жыл бұрын
SirFrag32 i do. But i just moved and didn't have everything insured yet.
@SirFrag326 жыл бұрын
Sorry, that was in reply to Botgrinder.
@sensemusicofficial6 жыл бұрын
"im pushing 9 amps into it *Currently*" you totally missed a perfectly good pun opportunity!
@KittFPV6 жыл бұрын
bahahaha
@kevcdrone3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, this just shows how much power is in those little things.🌪💥🔥
@DavidiiXV6 жыл бұрын
You see a fireball, I see a last-second rocket booster Do the rules say the drone has to be operating when you cross the finish line?
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
The rocket booster only happens when the battery is fairly well charged. At the end of a race, it's likely not got enough juice left to rocket, and will instead just blue some smoke.
@ronsanocki6396 жыл бұрын
that was EPIC! Great job Nurc. We all needed to be reminded of this eminent danger.
@SilverTopFlyer6 жыл бұрын
Dammit man I never thought that things could get so heated up Thanks
@fuleo6 жыл бұрын
Man, this kind of videos are good reminder for me to store my lipo safely.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Yessir
@Linktw05 жыл бұрын
I love how you captured the usual project start-up issue's. I think most of my own builds are usually 50% of the time actually doing something and the other 50% spent looking for the thing I just had in my hand 3 freakin mins ago 😩or searching for very specific crap inside heaps of generic unsorted crap that somehow automagically keeps accumulating in like 12 different locations around my house.
@blackmennewstyle6 жыл бұрын
That smoke was like, don't breath unless you are Jessica Jones! This is something i don't wish to anyone to experience in his life, LIPO fires are nasty. Enjoy the rest of your week and safe balance charging!
@originaljayno6 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, I knew flames come out but I had no idea they came out with such force, or that go that distance. WOW. Thank you for this.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
They carry a lot of potential energy.
@BlueHornetFPV6 жыл бұрын
That was insanely amazingly awesome knowledgeable information to be had. Thanks Nurk! 🙌👍
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Anytime!
@BlueHornetFPV6 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV That has to be the largest flame I've seen yet! You and your house would be really sad.
@iman-lr8ul6 жыл бұрын
I just got my first lipo, ill keep this in mind, thx :)
@rustyshackleford63413 жыл бұрын
Excellent music choice my friend! Epic
@bryanjohnson5846 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the demo. I always wondered how much they went up in flames. Now I know why lipo fires are such a safety issue.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
This is a little exagerated because of how badly I overcharged it, but it's insane how much potential energy is contained in these.
@bryanjohnson5846 жыл бұрын
No kidding! It's one thing to see the energy expended in flight, but quite another thing to see how much destructive power is in one. Now I see why people say store your lipos in ammo boxes. It isn't just a little smoke and smoulder when one goes up, its serious fire.
@bamafpv19826 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! ! It's just as important to charge safely as it is to fly that way! !! There's so many horror stories of the lack of respect of these Lipos that we depend on! !
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Lipos are scary. Crazy to think we carry them around in our pocket..
@bamafpv19826 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV well I do transport in a lipo bag but carry way to many in the same bag and use firesafe for storage but do leave them out more than I should for sure!
@pilotz21126 жыл бұрын
Curiously missing, info on how to extinguish lipo fire. Sadly not every charging station is situated for burn to the ground. Unplug first then smother, I keep and have used a large beach towel folded a couple of times to smother it out. Don't use water.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for adding this comment! I'm clicking the heart so it sticks to the top.
@danielgalperin12066 жыл бұрын
I keep a small ABC fire extinguisher near my lipos...
@notparanoid9124 жыл бұрын
@@danielgalperin1206 you will have dirt everywhere and tge salt in the extinguisher kills elektronic btw co2 is nice but extremly riksy in closed rooms foam extinguisher is probably the best option or a wet towel
@joelposthuma44736 жыл бұрын
Wow that was impressive.
@Jimster716 жыл бұрын
This is why I charge my lipos on concrete paving, outside. I don't like leaving fully charged lipos in the house when I'm out. I usually keep my lipos at storage charge, in a vented ammo box, in a fireplace! Massive overkill, but shit happens and I like my house ;o)
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
sounds very very wise!
@omnray6 жыл бұрын
It will be cool to see how liposafe bags will actually deal with a such fire.
@ohhi5237 Жыл бұрын
not at all, get a steel box line with drywall, if you store them inside get a automatic extinguisher
@mike216ism6 жыл бұрын
Awesome informative video. Going to weld a metal box to charge my batteries in today. I charge in the house. I always balance charge and never over charge. Even though I do things right I can't take a risk in the house. That flame was way to violent to take any chances
@thallfpv85566 жыл бұрын
The footage you got of the flames was great.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Cheers. I was a little tighter than I should have been.. should have had another camera with a wide angle..
@blackconduit_fpv70996 жыл бұрын
I never over charge, always balance charge! But WOW!!! Ive never seen one go up like that before!!! Looked just like a firwork!! Quite scary! Thanks for the lesson n ya risk taking to show others! Hopefully you saved a few houses and lives with this!👍
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
They usually don't go up l ike that -- I pushed it WAY past the limit as a demonstration, but they are capable of some scary stuff.
@jamesonkruger69896 жыл бұрын
I had one do that crashing onto a rocky rail road tracks. It made me think about what I fly around.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
oh snap! But yeah definitely be careful! I'm always nervous flying in like.. a dessert or something like that.. I don't want to be the one that didn't stop forest fires. :P
@NukeFPV5 жыл бұрын
Fark ! (runs to store every LiPo into the garage) phew !
@nikolaystelmakh97216 жыл бұрын
4:45 I thought it's a Nurk's head :).... bit it's just a mic...... thank you, Nurk! useful for all of us.
@messifpv6 жыл бұрын
That big ass explosion happened after just 10m of charging and you only have like 10-15sec of smoke before it pops.. really scary shit, always be safe!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
yes it happens very very unexpectedly -- and it's very scary. I watched the whole process in timelapse, and you can't even see it move until the last second.
@alfskaar4896 жыл бұрын
That flame was small compare to the Lipo fires I have put out Racing RC Car Onroad/Oval I the US. Fire from the table to the roof. And there was also no smoke sow no warning at all.
@DivisionRc6 жыл бұрын
Yikes! I had a fire in my room because of a lipo that i converted it from a 3s to a 2s because my skyhunter crashed into a tree and by the tim i got it down a cell was at 0.00v. A week after it was done modding i took it off the charger, waled away, and heard a sound. Seonds later my face was glowing orange. Lucky i grabbed my dad and we tackled the fire with a blanket and some water on the red ashes. Lost some good batts in tje fire but now am replacing all the equipment after 3 months of the fire. Just some wall damages too.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
oh gosh -- that's insane. I'm glad you're okay and that you didn't loose everything, but yeah definitely be safe!
@--JohnDoe6 жыл бұрын
I installed a smoke detector right above my charging station, a fire extinguisher by the door on the wall and moved away easily combustable materials from around the charging station. Next I would like to get a 25' hose with a quick adapter so I can hook it up to my bathroom or kitchen sink. I have had two occasions where somehow the batteries got over charged, probably because I was going too fast, but I caught both before the fire balls. 4s was @19v & 3s was @14.8v both were extremely puffed.
@ohhi5237 Жыл бұрын
use sand not water
@Tappotuoppi6 жыл бұрын
Oh crap you got good footage. I did that too off camera and my pack flew up on the roof of my house.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Woah I've never seen that. That's insane.
@federox864 жыл бұрын
thx for testing this!
@AbnormalWrench6 жыл бұрын
I use those little car jumper batteries that turn out to be S3 LiPo batteries. I had one catch fire on me while trying to jump a car. Thankfully I was able to throw it onto the ground before it caught the car on fire. Very exciting!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
is crazy
@davidfarmer17366 жыл бұрын
That is intense, thank you for the reminder. I am heading out to get a larger fire extinguisher. However I do charge on my outside porch and if I am charging larger than a 500 milliamp I put the whole rig in the BB-Q grill. QUESTION; Reading comments,,, others and myself will keep the batteries outside in the fire bags. Do I need to worry that much about a disconnected / storage charged battery? The weather is starting to warm up but we still have freezing temps, do I need to worry about them freezing?
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
I don't think you need to worry in terms of batteries going up in flames, but it's probably better for their lifespan overall if you keep them at room temp.
@Dav21126 жыл бұрын
That’s insane, really interesting to see though.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
It's scary man
@xgoodvibesx6 жыл бұрын
Buy a bat-safe for $50, designed for that specific purpose. Failing that, a saucepan with a lid is pretty much perfect in terms of containment. Get a foam or powder extinguisher too if you don't have one. Fire extinguishers go by the exit. If you have to go IN to a room that's on fire to get to the extinguisher, it's not much use.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Good call
@mannualfpv62933 жыл бұрын
*me watching this at the same time as I'm overcharging batteries*🤣
@kanarimentos70563 жыл бұрын
nice fire for winter
@johncarold6 жыл бұрын
Great video on lipos thanks JohnnyDRC
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Any time!
@MatthewEvansFPV6 жыл бұрын
That was good, I approve of the fire.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
I always approve of fire.
@davidanderson62226 жыл бұрын
Had my first lipo burst into this little mushroom cloud, thank god I had just entered the room from flying, hurried to unplug battery while it was hissing, ran outside, tossed it in front yard, and seconds later....Hiroshima. Lol. Learned my lesson. NEVER CHARGED UNATTENDED
@ohhi5237 Жыл бұрын
allah hakbar
@leozendo35004 жыл бұрын
Good background music
@MindOfBoomBoom6 жыл бұрын
Ok in this scenario dont over charge your batteries....UNLESS you need some PYRO near Some gates for your crazy balls to the walls pilots to fly thru then we're talking Show time!! ok not really, as a person who HAD a non related fire(a power strip connected to a faulty extension wire caused the fire) in my home which took out the majority of my drone stuff, it is not pretty or funny considering my batteries were only a couple feet away from that fire. i wont even keep my batteries in side the house any more and they are only stored in the fire proof cases outside the house. Nice demo, loved the wife cameo at the beginning!!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
I am not so worried about batteries sitting as I am about batteries changing chemistry. When they are charging or discharging is when they're volatile.
@MindOfBoomBoom6 жыл бұрын
totally agree, once had a china hobby line start cracking like pop corn in my room. never charge inside again. but that was also due to my over confidence about the charging process. never leave your batteries alone, this was my rookie mistake!!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Yes. I never even leave the room during charging. And i always have an escape plan.
@Hexalyse6 жыл бұрын
I always thought that those battery-fire scenarios were from people over-charging or charging without balance, in parallel etc. but reading the comments, I see sometimes you just get unlucky and have a faulty battery that starts puffing and catching fire while charging as it should. I'm glad I never left them to charge unattended. And maybe I'll start charging them outside my window again (I sometimes do this to avoid the fan noise from my ISDT).
@OutaTimeFPV6 жыл бұрын
The sound that thing made was nuts! Holy crap! Guess I’ll never over charge...
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
You can overcharge but only use particular lipos and always be safe.
@nomaasaerials2 жыл бұрын
So a couple of thoughts; has anyone considered a battery strap with a micro switch? If the battery puffed it would pull the strap tight enough to trigger the switch and could open a relay in the charger 120vac circuit? Also, as I get into this hobby, how likely is it that other wise well cared for batteries burst into flames just sitting at storage charge or even left for long periods at full charge? And yea I know not to keep LiPos fully charged for more then a day or two.
@furulevi6 жыл бұрын
Cool fireworks!!!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Cheers
@rickmarkham25846 жыл бұрын
Now try it with a 30,000 mah battery! 😂
@mafiafpv34694 жыл бұрын
So I have 4s 1300mah 40c and it's not hv but I charge them on hv all the time have been doing it for 2 years now havnt had a problem at all why is that?????
@RieklinRideR2 жыл бұрын
i have a 7.4v 2000mah charger, how much time should i balance charge a 2600mah lipo? there is a red dot in the charger, but it doesnt disappear after 3 hours
@ARI3S6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I had my earphones in whilst watching this, the explosion 💥 scared the crap outta me 😂 Beavis & Butthead “hu hu FIRE 🔥” 😆
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
haha sorry about that!!
@ARI3S6 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV no harm done bro 😁
@dubl_afpv62706 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! At the end you said parallel charge when I think you meant to say balance charge. 😝
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Indeed and that's why I threw the text over the screen for a split second. :P
@dubl_afpv62706 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV oic, didn't catch it! 👍
@idfpv65106 жыл бұрын
Great job !!!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
cheers
@KrotowX6 жыл бұрын
Try to film punctured LiPo explosion in air! Had such thing at last summer. Pity I din't seen the poof by itself though bystanders did :) Although found the crash site fast due to a ton of smoke here.
@BBFPV4 жыл бұрын
UP to 4.9V is save?
@MIKEYDREADFPV5 жыл бұрын
Will it Blend?
@NotJustinFPV6 жыл бұрын
Not enough slow motion in the world, thank you for that. I do wonder how unstable they are just sitting in a padded toolbox container.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Thinking about re doing some of it with a friend's fs5 which can shoot 1000 fps.
@NotJustinFPV6 жыл бұрын
GrumpyMadman I try to be as careful as I can with them. Good to hear you have had a safe history of them, but I have left them charged. I’ve been learning more and more since I started flying them a few months ago. Thanks.
@NotJustinFPV6 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV Looking forward to that. I think that friend would be more than willing to let you use it in the warehouse too! It would be really cool to see some of those tight turns, or dropping thru a gate. No, even better, under the arch of wheels!
@toddswain74596 жыл бұрын
That was nuts!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Be safe.
@KingFPV6 жыл бұрын
Nice PSA.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
cheers
@robfloyd14446 жыл бұрын
That was freakin awesome...
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Right? But scary at the same time.
@KittFPV6 жыл бұрын
WOW! I mean I always charge to 4.25v but 4.7?!?!?! Crazy guy :P ...that fireball sounded soooo good!! Is that a Zoom recorder? I've got an H4n Pro, freaking LOVE it!
@BikeGuyFPV6 жыл бұрын
Long story short: DON'T pull a Vanover at a race :D
@waltrautwhite81786 жыл бұрын
Just adding, because thousands of people will now do it at home: A lipo is no firework. Everything that comes out of a battery during the fire is not healthy. You would not want this on your backyard.
@ddvss3 жыл бұрын
Neighbors called the authorities on him. This is how he ended up on the terrorist watch list.
@SlipperyFPV6 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't want to imagine that happening in a small house/apartment!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
it would be very bad if you weren't prepared
@Pokornz6 жыл бұрын
Would an external temperature sensor prevent this? I assume the sizzling indicates high temperature inside the pack, so the question is whether cutting off the power after it reaches a certain temperature would stop the process soon enough.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
if it gets that high i doubt it, tbh. But I don't know that for certain
@Pokornz6 жыл бұрын
You can set the temperature cut-off to whatever value you please. But if you are charging outside, the sun may "camouflage" the temperature rise of the lipo.
@RichMoore-tweakin73766 жыл бұрын
I think I'll set up my isdt inside my grill from now on. Thanks for that video bro. I'm scared to death now LOL
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Definitely good to play things safe
@prinztom86526 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Nurk! Great! 😁🤘
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
She's hilarious :P
@deadbeatbrad54846 жыл бұрын
i threw a 1 cell 600mah into the burn barrel last week. sounded like a M80 exploding
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
God I've heard those things they're scary.
@matchewbacca6 жыл бұрын
Flaming brill video nurk 😂
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
haha very flamey
@Clynikal6 жыл бұрын
Your outro just scared the shit out of me
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Sorry did it get a little loud? Sometimes I forget to turn the audio down..
@MadMarcWinnipeg6 жыл бұрын
Great video. I just subbed.😊
@jimhebert8886 жыл бұрын
What happens if you discharge the battery too much?
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
it might puff a little bit but once you've flattened the battery, most of the potential energy is gone.
@jimhebert8886 жыл бұрын
Is the lithium in a safe state? In my understanding the fire is caused by the lithium being exposed to water in the air and reacting to make lithium hydroxide which is more violent than a sodium fire.
@Znowin6 жыл бұрын
Yeah this made me put some lipos at storage voltage im terrified
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Indeed. When batteries are sitting on the shelf, it's not bad. When they are changing chemistry (charging or discharging) that's when they get scary.
@Frankdubbsfpv6 жыл бұрын
Great demo and good advice all around. If you want 6s powah buy a 6s battery lol and then overcharge that. Haha. Good stuff man. Hopefully this teaches some guys a lesson before they learn it the hard way 👍👍
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
I hope so!
@Mika-854 жыл бұрын
5:06 there's a person walking out of the flames
@flayzeraynx6 жыл бұрын
And i am watching this video when i charging my batteries right next to me.. Chills!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Hehe. If you're safe with lipos nothing to worry about, but it's always a good idea to keep an eye out.
@flayzeraynx6 жыл бұрын
NURK FPV /jk. I've been charging batteries in last 5 years and "luckily" have no incidents yet, and will never have. I used to charge 1c until last month. Charging max 2c nowadays.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
I've never had an incident other than those that I intended to.
@WarChest6 жыл бұрын
MENTAL NOTE: Build concrete battery bunker ASAP
@haythamfpv5 жыл бұрын
Vanover was probably hoping that the battery would have exploded right before the final gate giving him a rocket propulsion to win the race
@NURKFPV5 жыл бұрын
RIGHT!? ROCKETSHIPPPPP
@ResiNissi6 жыл бұрын
Crazzzyyyyyyyyy
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
extremely
@qizdelitz15026 жыл бұрын
With how many c are you charging your batterys
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
usually 2C or so
@--JohnDoe6 жыл бұрын
This was a great example of how easily someone could burn thier entire house down with one simple mistake.
@onemantwohands52246 жыл бұрын
Works like solid rocket fuel!!! Fuck man I didn't expect such a flame :-) :-)
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
It makes quite a ruckus
6 жыл бұрын
I really don't get it. If someone wants more umph from the pack and the motors just up the cell count! You increase the cell count, you increase the voltage. You increase the voltage on the motor leads, you increase the current and thus the overall power. Want to fly longer on the track? Go 6s and accordingly selected rpm/v motors. The higher the voltage, the less the current needed for given power and the more efficient the whole system becomes as losses are more evident in low voltage+high current scenarios than in high voltage-low currents. Leads, mos-fet Rds-on, even D-S on/off times are better on higher voltages. It's just like trying to overfill your car's tank with gas. It will overflow and you will set it on fire eventually. Go goddamn 10s and talk to be from there. Same watts/pack.
@clonkex5 жыл бұрын
Mostly they just want more energy stored for the same weight.
@smokinjoe12566 жыл бұрын
looks like a starting rocketengine
@farmerboyfpv36375 жыл бұрын
You still made it to 5v before problems.
@bugsmanfpv31696 жыл бұрын
WOW
@wovenskin6 жыл бұрын
holy.shit.
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
very. definitely.
@agentbertram47696 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't want that in your pocket!
@sharedgoogleyoutubeaccount36626 жыл бұрын
That’s some scary shit
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Very
@greenmaniacs60094 жыл бұрын
Trying this at home :D
@BuzZ.6 жыл бұрын
My charger is overcharging my lipos to 4.21v :/
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
don't worry. :-) That's fine.
@sparedogfpv27936 жыл бұрын
and a little bit of fireballs...lol
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
ikr?
@thebridgeninja6 жыл бұрын
Epic!
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
and scary
@paulmunro30505 жыл бұрын
Annnd I've ordered an ammo box, wow :o
@dronereviewman95806 жыл бұрын
Wow
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@adminmovie5 жыл бұрын
Michael Bay's wet dream :D
@smerkkwads32356 жыл бұрын
In the words of the great Eddie Murphy " That's A Fire!"
@NURKFPV6 жыл бұрын
Great balls of it.
@mtbboi94956 жыл бұрын
Woah
@dstaron31626 жыл бұрын
I think I smelled it when I was watching it explode.