Battery - Bin or keep

[Chop chop]

All

Made the school boy error with my saddle pack batteries and plugged the wires in the wrong way :confused:

Was not in car so purely battery and wires.

The battery showed a little smoke and one of the packs went very hot straight away. I have connected to charger and seems to charge fine.

Are these ready for the bin or can they be saved?

[Cardnim]

Any swelling?

[TARTMAN]

prob ok, swelling if a lot after testing would be a sign of pack iffy. fully charge them and test for 5 mins, keeping a close eye on it. then charge again.

I have shortend a lipo pack similar for a second or so and did not effect it. still in use now and perfectly balanced etc.