Hello! Has anyone had any luck recovering a Freefly Li-po battery? I've had a few of mine overdischarge down to 6.0V and I am unable to charge them back up. 1s and charge status just flash back n' forth.
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Dijon: The easiest answer to your question (and forgive me for not wanting to type too much!) is to do a Google search for: recovering an overdischarged lipo Smart chargers can often be fooled into charging a LiPo as though they were Nickel Mercury (NiMh) just to get the battery voltage to come up to the point where they can then be charged as a LiPo, but while you're doing this, plan on standing on guard as you do this -- it is dangerous to walk away while you do this because (as you may already know), any time you do anything suspect to a LiPo, you're likely to be told something that ends with "...and there's a risk the LiPo will burst into flames." So you might try charging the LiPo as a NiMh for, meh, say, 20 minutes, then disconnect it and measure the voltage of the individual cells and see whether they are all above around 3.1 volts -- if so, then you can stop lying to the charger and charge it as a LiPo. But, as Gary says, if an individual cell in the LiPo has dropped below 3 volts, it's more likely to be a paperweight than a battery. I make the inference you have (a) a smart charger and (b) a LiPo tester like this. Hope this helps Andy Forensic Software & sUAV / Drone Analyst : Photographer : Videographer : Pilot (Portland, Oregon, USA): Trees=2, Ground=1, Props=11. The Ground Is The Limitâ„¢ ---------- Forensic Drone Analyst : Forensic sUAV Analyst : Forensic Unmanned Aircraft Analyst : Forensic Drone Expert