Lipo dead cell

[Spunkymunky88]

i have a overlander 3s lipo and one of the cells is reading 0.00 is there any safe way to bring this to life chargers i own are sky rc t200 and a basic minstrel fast charger 

[Bajadre]

sounds dead mate 😢when there very low voltage you can bring them back sometimes with nimh mode if thats reading zero i wouldnt bother munky

[Nitroholic]

Threre is no safe way to bring a dead cell back to life.

The NiMh charging method isn't exactly safe, as it can work...or it can stress the cell to the point of a small fire, but it can tease a pack up enough for the charger to let you charge it. You need to know what you are doing to try it.

 

If your cell is reading absolutely zero voltage...it's possible what has happened is a failure of the soldering, rather than the pack. If you are checking voltage via the balance lead, it may have come loose. A broken wire would read zero voltage. IF you check voltage across the pack as a whole, what do you get? You should get around 11.2 volts. 

 

You could try carefully peeling back the outer shrink wrap covering on the pack, and having a look at the soldered connections there. Basically...I assume you cannot charge your pack as the charger reads too low and won't let you charge at all. A broken connection could be resoldered if you have to tools and feel confident enough to do it.