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Turnigy lipo repair

25 September, 2011 (20:20) | News, Projects

So I bought a 5000mah 6s Lipo from hobbyking earlier this year and finally got around to using it. Shortly after setup I ended up with a slight – and I mean slight short in my motor wiring that resulted in a total failure of my motor/controller/batteries. After some testing I found that the battery pack had lost voltage between cells 4 and 5. After pondering the purchase of new batteries I opened up the battery.

This is what I found. I completely separated solder point inside the battery.

A short solder job later and I repaired the point. I added some wire for stability and it passed subsequent tests with motor load and charging.

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