![]() ![]() The fire spread in a standard brick detached garage with slate double hipped roof, was too intense and too rapid to deal with by far. I carefully monitor health by physical inspection of case and leads for damage and capacity check by flight time then checking remaining capacity / cell volts remaining. Only 1 lipo 2S 20C 2200mAHrs is every kept near my charging area and is always charged at no more than 1.5Amps. I will go for a better EU origined unit in future, havingnint3rnal resistance of cells - the good wqy to check up on capacity decreasing and therefore health. Mine was c £60 the imitation more like £45. My Charger was an iMax just as you've quoted Mine was the true Chinese original: note that Hobbyking and eBay did offer a lesser cost replica by the same name /ref. He clarified in subsequent emails the following: I've have spoken to BMFA, my Morgan insurers and hiuse insurers from which I have a suspicion I will not get anything like value back. ![]() #IMAX B6 CHARGER PROBLEMS UPDATE#I hope to see you for our Wednesday meeting and will update you then. The entire roof was gone within 7 minutes of the fire starting all my rc and models stuff with it. My garage is now a pile of rubble, the fire brigade took 12mins to arrive. I was close bye to this area when I saw white smoke, then flame and the next instant big flames. Batteries are put into a heavy highly fired pot and lid to contain the battery and reduce fire damage from any flare-up. Some information has been redacted for his privacy but spelling/grammar unchanged - I added the bold:Īfter flying at yesterday I was recharging 3 lipo batteries. The following emails were sent to the club’s email distribution list. Here, dear reader, is a story of the catastrophic failure of a real Imax B6 belonging to a fellow (long-time) RC Flyer and Club member local to me. Oh, little Johnny picked up a real one from a reputable source? Surely that’s safe.right? On occasion though, the failure can be catastrophic, leading to fire, property damage or worse. Hopefully, the failure will be benign – maybe a little pop, or a little puff of magic smoke, leaving a dead charger to be consigned to landfill. Unbeknownst to little Johnny, the inside of said charger is a shit-show of cheap and nasty components that will likely at some point fail. Problem is – it’s more than likely a fake – knocked-off to the extent that even the logos and holograms are the same on the outside. Little Johnny runs off to Amazon or eBay armed with this advice, punches in the search term, finds the cheapest result and orders it. Little Johnny asks: ‘What am bestest charger’ – the answer more often than not from people that are self-professed ‘experts’ will be ‘Imax B6’. I see it daily on the various forums and social media. ![]()
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