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Originally Posted by targetGspot
I charge ANY battery away from anything that could catch fire and always monitor them throughout charging.
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This, times TEN. Never charge them unattended. I spoke with a guy a month or so ago who IIRC is living with some family right now because his house BURNED DOWN. Turns out the fire inspector found it wasn't his LiPo, but the *charger* that went up. We don't usually worry about where the charger is sitting....
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Originally Posted by waylander
if it's going to go it's going to go, you do NOT have time to do anything about it
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I'm gonna slightly disagree with this one - first off, the guy I mentioned above could have simply pulled the cord from the wall had he been there watching it.
Moreover, from personal experience, I had one (damaged in an RC plane crash as well) go on me in my back pocket... it got REAL warm and started smoking. I had around 15 seconds which was enough to grab a safe bucket, and pour water over it.
No matter what other precautions you take, charge them wherever it's convenient for you to hang around and keep an eye on them.