LiPo acting weird

[faisalbasha]

Is it possible that a volt meter gives a higher reading on LiPo after battery cool down than when its hot?.

i had this strange experience yesterday when a battery read 3.25 and 3.25 right when i stopped. when i went home and battery cooled down the readings went to 3.45 and 3.50.

are my batteries the problem or is it the voltage reader???

 

[X]

Was it plugged in to the ESC at the time? Was the ESC on? It could have been drawing the battery down.

 

[hpicelery]

It's not uncommon for batteries to "recover" a bit of voltage when they rest after hard use. This can be observed with other kinds of batteries too. That's why it's important to measure their voltage right after a run to determine if your voltage cutoff or alarm is working properly. If you wait and measure it later, it may look like it cut off too soon.

 

[faisalbasha]

The batteries were not connected to anything when I took the readings. The esc cut off is working properly because it was the one that stops my truck at around 3-2-3.3.

 

[hpicelery]

Sorry, I was just trying to provide a little more clarity. The short answer to your original question

Is it possible that a volt meter gives a higher reading on LiPo after battery cool down than when its hot?

is yes, and it's normal.

 

[faisalbasha]

Sorry, I was just trying to provide a little more clarity. The short answer to your original question

is yes, and it's normal.

Thanks for the short answer, but thanks everyone the same as well.