Battery Bunker (possible overkill)

I have been considering making a battery charging and storage bunker for some time now and to date its a project that is regularly replaced by building yet another plane.

Ironically the prospect of my new house burning down is continously moved to the side as I build yet another FT Spitfire or FT Versa Wing.

So when I watched the recent article on Flight Test covering battery bunkers it again moved onto the "to do" list and when a local family lost their house to a so called "defective charger" (how the press reports a Lipo fire) I thought, ok, as soon as I finish this plane its bunker time.

One thing I should probably mention is my inability to do small scale projects, this one is no exception, I went to the the local hardware store and looked at the little tin tool boxes and they just didnt have that,,,,,,,, something I was looking for, they were just not quite heavy duty enough.

Enter a friends empty dive tank,,,, Ahhhh now thats more like it, now I just need some help to carry it to the car :-) Im going to skip the part, the tools and the language used to cut the thing in half (the loooooong way) and move to the finished product. I cut it 30mm off centre which maintained the hole in the end from the regulator and created a deep section and a lid section, drilled and riveted 3 hinges on the back joint and a handle on the front.

I can now run the charge and balance leads through the regulator hole and either charge and / or store all of my Lipo batterys with complete peace of mind and now get back to building planes and not be disrupted by an inferno.

Only thing left to do is a coat of paint and some mounting brackets for the wall.

Thanks for taking to time to check out my article and please dont delay in ensuring your charging and storing your batteries responsibly.