Lipo battery won't charge ?

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Lipo battery won't charge ?

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Evening all,

I have a 450mah overlander 2s lipo battery that I use for my trucks, unfortunately I plugged it in and it has gone under the low voltage mark :thumbdown: I've tried charging it with my imax charger but it's just flashing up and beeping ' Battery check, low voltage ' it's just under with both cells being 5.92, is there anything I can do or does it mean that it's knackered :(

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Re: Lipo battery won't charge ?

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Charge it slowly as a nicad to get the voltage up and then once it gets high enoughcharge normally
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What Tom said. Just be careful not to forget about it and charge it too high on NiCd!
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Re: Lipo battery won't charge ?

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Yep, same again but make sure you use a charging pouch. As soon as the voltage lifts a little, stop and continue charging normally. This method isn't approved by any manufacturer but it works!

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Re: Lipo battery won't charge ?

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Thank you all fella's :thumbup: I did a similar thing, I rotated it between charge cycles still on the lipo setting and within a couple of minutes it came back up :D it's charged as normal now, thanks for your help,

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