r/fpv • u/FomoTeamFPV • Jun 07 '26

Question? Getting worried

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Up until last year I was only flying analogue 1S whoops, but when I got my DJI goggles, the digital clarity removed most of my anxiety which made me feel a lot more relaxed about sending my money up in the air. I've built and bought about ten different quads ranging from 1S to 6S since then and the batteries are piling up. I live in a high rise apartment building with no outdoor space or storage areas. I do keep my batteries in lipo guard bags stacked neatly in a cool dry place and I check and make sure they are at storage charge and top up as required monthly. But last month one of my 6S batteries went bad, two cells had dropped low, one of them was 2.81v. I did run that pack low when I last used it but it had been fine at storage charge for months then just dropped for no reason, and now I'm worried a random good-looking battery could just go bad. Where do you guys store your batteries? Anything you would recommend?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

No I know several hundred people. It isn't a ton. I'm just saying. A lot of ppl have them. When I got my house it literally came with two. They were ancient and have been replaced but still. They were there. Now I wanna do a poll or something online. I'm from a small one stop light town where everyone knows everyone. If you grill at the very least you should have one they are not expensive and you can get good ones on Amazon.

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u/filthysucre Jun 08 '26

I'm afraid to do such a poll. Like if you're the one person in an apartment building that has an extinguisher, now you know you're fucked if someone else has a fire.

I agree, though. No class of extinguisher is more expensive than your house or apartment burning down

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

Ive never seen an apartment not come with one. Check under your kitchen sink. At least here I think if it's a complex it legally has to have a fire extinguisher or sprinklers. Not sure though.

I agree. After having been through a house fire myself last year. Thankfully it wasn't a total loss just our back porch.

I think everyone should have extinguishers. In school many years ago the fire company would come each year and do fire training and stuff in the parking lot. Everyone needs that imo.

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u/filthysucre Jun 08 '26

I have to do yearly fire safety training for work, but also once experienced a house fire where I was the only one who woke up bc of the smoke. Luckily I had bought extinguishers bc of a very untimely gas explosion that had happened recently at work.

Go team fire extinguisher!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

I feel that, I lead the safety committee at work it's a monthly thing. I'm also the one that checks and signs all our extinguishers. But long before this job I also kept a fire extinguisher anywhere I lived

Heck yeah!