As my Remora was charging around the lake today, I happened to comment to my friend Adam (who was with me making the short video of the Kopy Kommander for Boatshed) that I didn’t think the boat was revving as hard as usual.

He laughed as the boat is a superb performer, but when it came back to shore the LiPo was bloated as the heat shrink cover had ballooned slightly.

I have just put this LiPo on a balance charge and noted that all three cells are showing a very similar cell voltage with a 51% fuel available. (see charger port A).

…..suggesting that the battery is OK ?.

I always put a small strip of masking tape on each of my LiPo batteries and add a mark after each charge - just so I know get many times the battery has been charged.

It is worth noting (when counting these “five bar gates”) that this battery had only been charged 8 times from new, and every charge has been a balance charge on this RC-DC100 charger, so it has not been abused in any way.

I am charging it outside on the stone paving - just to be safe………..