Hi Guy's,

There's been a lot of talk recently about the use and safety of LiPo batteries - particularly now that the FRA are getting closer to making a decision on Lithium batteries in Heavyweights.

Everyone's concerns keep boiling down to What if and What actually happens when a large pack goes up. With this in mind, I have decided that we will be holding a demonstration to show exactly what happens when something goes wrong.
I am donating a number of my own LiPo's, all large 6s 5000mA ( 24v ) packs for destructive testing at our workshop during the Robo Challenge Open day / FRA HW and FW awards.
In this, I hope to show what happens when a pack is punctured, what happens when a pack is shorted, and what happens when one pack in a set goes up. Some of these tests will be done on an MDF base to show the effects of a lipo on an arena floor.

I hope that this will help speed up the process and questions regarding lithium safety at events.

I have an expert on hand who will be helping with my presentation on Lithium batteries - Andy Hinton-Lever from OptiPower. He will also be bringing his discharge test rig to show the differences between good and bad lipo cell's, and what to look out for plus much more.