Anyone have any issues with overheating or fire? I'm wary of buying Lithium Ion from a manufacturer that I haven't heard of. But it seems promising!
1837751
I haven't had any problems with this battery. I did check on the irobot website and it seems you can't buy this type battery in any strength from them. So, if you need a replacement, you have to buy elsewhere. My roomba runs for a long, long time on this battery. Well worth the cost.
1837752
I have not had any issues. Works good in our Roombia. It makes the room last long and if it does shut down all programs are fine when it turns back on.
1837753
I have not. It's been running five days a week no issues. This has been ever since I got it. Well worth it.
1837754
I've had the battery for about 10 months. Never had a problem with overheating. It works great and hold its charge longer than the original battery did when it was new.
1837755
I bought it as a replacement battery and did not power up Roomba. I tried to troubleshoot it and could not get Roomba going. I will junk Roomba. Invested enough time and money already into it!
217021
Well in a hot environment a fully charge battery gives me a hour top it seems to over heat 50 to 60 day temperature about two hours I was told it would not overheat but I think it does. I work with 4 batteries to keep them cool and take brakes after 30 minutes to avoid complete shooting while shooting. Please advice if I maybe using this wrong thanks.
465167
Same problem here; one battery swelled while in use, enough to pop the back off the phone case. It was hot to the touch; I thought it might burst. I came on here looking for warranty information.
1507614
I've only had it for a week, so no battey problems yet. It lasts my whole 10-hour work day on a full charge. There aren't any instructions included abot replacing the battery, but it looks like someone else responded and said it IS user-replaceable.Li-ion should last for years, but good battery maintenance will help extend the life. For at least the first 10 cycles, I charge it fully, then drain it completely. Don't recharge when it drops to 80%, 60%, etc. The performance doesn't suffer at all even when it is almost dead. That should help you get the most life and best performance.
1243988
I have heard of people doing it with any charger, but it is dangerous and can easily cause a fire!! If you want to do it, do it outside in a safe place. You have to jolt it back to life with the NiMh or NiCd charge first, you have to get it above the dreaded 3amps. I have never done it but have friends who have, and yes they have burst one or two into flames!! I have also heard of them changing polarity, but have never seen that happen. I would highly recommend getting a laser temp gun to monitor the battery wile trying to get it back to 3amps. But like I said, THIS IS DANGEROUS AND IT IS BEST NOT TO TRY IT!!
998710
I agree. They should recall. It is a great device for the minute it works but overheating is a major issue. Don't waste your time buying. ;(
124094
This is strictly an opinion: The nice aspect of this device and the lithium ion batteries is that the charger seems to be dormant once the battery is charged. Whether or not, as or if the battery bleeds charge over time, the charger starts up again to replace the bled of charge, I don't know. I like it. I have two of these chargers and three lithium batteries. It seems like the batteries don't lose charge and like the charge that you do give them last a long - long time.
964675
I have'nt noticed it getting hot, and yes it's an either or regarding battery/plug in. Hope this helped :-]
399174
It doesn't matter that much, lithium ion batteries always have a controller, anything else would be dangerous, it shouldn't be more than an hour or a few more, in any case theres no risk of damaging it from "overcharging".
1725814
Wow, mine didn't do that, hey are you having any battery problems? This drill is better than my old Milwaukee if can believe it? Never and I mean never bogs down, but I bought 3 spare batteries, only one holds a charge. Thought I would try the newer lithium what do y'all think?
1231582
I suggest you contact the manufacturer. It may be possible the battery could overheat if kept plugged in 100% of the time.
223357
Im thinking like high as in uninhabitable. Lithium Ion produces gas, and is volitile. We has a transponder go off at work, it was sending a distress signal, the person "in charge" told us ti disable it by crushing it with a metal flange...Whoosh A Fire broke out!
2096028
Yes, this is normal for lithium ion batteries. Charging and discharging will always result in some degree of heat output.
846596
If I understand correctly, you are saying after you replace the batteries with two new batteries AND you run the unit for another long period of time, the unit will not overheat anymore?Let me try again when I get the replacement. (I contacted Flip and they offered a replacement. So, I requested a exchange from Amazon.)
1046879
No issues at all with the car. The batteries did swell up on me when I left them in the garage for a few days in the heat. I got new batteries and have had no issues since. Many crashes later (it is so fast) it has held up amazingly. I'm am tough on cars. My Erevo I have had to change out parts after some insane crashes but my XO-1 is awesome.
1596767
You very well could be right about using the lithium batteries. I will try that before I write it off. Thanks!
1885903
Honestly, I couldn't tell you. Lithium batteries can catch fire when modified, at least that's what the manufacturer warnings say for any Li-Ion/Li-Po batteries I own, so be careful! I've had two spare batteries for my MJX, and one of them has stopped working, so I'm not sure about the reliability/build quality for this battery. Perhaps this is a common issue with this particular battery.