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One of the things is that gets my goat is Dell seems to be lacking in the control over the quality of the manufactures of it components. If I had these kinds of issues I would be seriously checking the manufactures QA measures and rethink of where I am getting my parts from and take more interest into the quality and the way they are manufactured. I am not sure how Dell follows tends in its defective components but it is imperative that companies now provide quality along side quantity. Money just does not go as far as it use to.

I work for a company that supports devices that use LION batteries in every product we ship. We take things like overheating, bulging batteries and other battery problems very seriously. Theses multiple incidents could result in a major lawsuit by those who have had similar and even small amounts of trouble regardless of damage or injury. I don't think Dell has a problem paying of one person but if it continues the reputation could suffer far more damaging results than a lawsuit or payoff ever could.

The Chemistry behind LION batteries is in itself an accident waiting to happen and I have found a few amazing videos demonstrating what batteries can do...

  (wmv only, Sorry)

http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipofires.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipo2.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/lipo3.wmv

You can find more videos like the above on Google.

I was going to buy two laptops at the end of this month via an employee purchase plan and this news has me seriously thinking twice about Dells.

One of the things is that gets my goat is Dell seems to be lacking in the control over the quality of the manufactures of it components. If I had these kinds of issues I would be seriously checking the manufactures QA measures and rethink of where I am getting my parts from and take more interest into the quality and the way they are manufactured. I am not sure how Dell follows tends in its defective components but it is imperative that companies now provide quality along side quantity. Money just does not go as far as it use to.

I work for a company that supports devices that use LION batteries in every product we ship. We take things like overheating, bulging batteries and other battery problems very seriously. Theses multiple incidents could result in a major lawsuit by those who have had similar and even small amounts of trouble regardless of damage or injury. I don't think Dell has a problem paying of one person but if it continues the reputation could suffer far more damaging results than a lawsuit or payoff ever could.

The Chemistry behind LION batteries is in itself an accident waiting to happen and I have found a few amazing videos demonstrating what batteries can do...

  (wmv only, Sorry)

http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipofires.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipo2.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/lipo3.wmv

You can find more videos like the above on Google.

I was going to buy two laptops at the end of this month via an employee purchase plan and this news has me seriously thinking twice about Dells.

One of the things is that gets my goat is Dell seems to be lacking in the control over the quality of the manufactures of it components. If I had these kinds of issues I would be seriously checking the manufactures QA measures and rethink of where I am getting my parts from and take more interest into the quality and the way they are manufactured. I am not sure how Dell follows tends in its defective components but it is imperative that companies now provide quality along side quantity. Money just does not go as far as it use to.

I work for a company that supports devices that use LION batteries in every product we ship. We take things like overheating, bulging batteries and other battery problems very seriously. Theses multiple incidents could result in a major lawsuit by those who have had similar and even small amounts of trouble regardless of damage or injury. I don't think Dell has a problem paying of one person but if it continues the reputation could suffer far more damaging results than a lawsuit or payoff ever could.

The Chemistry behind LION batteries is in itself an accident waiting to happen and I have found a few amazing videos demonstrating what batteries can do...

  (wmv only, Sorry)

http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipofires.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/Lipo2.wmv
http://www.utahflyers.org/movies/lipo3.wmv

You can find more videos like the above on Google.

I was going to buy two laptops at the end of this month via an employee purchase plan and this news has me seriously thinking twice about Dells.

Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer are very closely related. I think the only major difference is the packaging.

From my model airplane experience, LiPo has been a pretty dangerous battery when used improperly. Here is 1 2 3 video's of small Lipo's (3 cells is the biggest) exploding.

As you can see from the videos, just a small lipo cell can create a big 6 foot fireball. LiPo explosions are like a chain reaction, if one cell blows, you can almost bet that any ajacent cells will explode as well.

Over at there is 100's of reported incedents of leaving LiPo's to charge, and the owner returns to find their kitchen/car/garage engulfed in flames. An improperly charging Telsa LithIon pack could probably blow the roof off your house.

3 cell Lithium Battery in a model aircraft 500 feet over my head is fine, but I wouldn't want to park a huge pack like what's in the Telsa anywhere near my house.

Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer are very closely related. I think the only major difference is the packaging.

From my model airplane experience, LiPo has been a pretty dangerous battery when used improperly. Here is 1 2 3 video's of small Lipo's (3 cells is the biggest) exploding.

As you can see from the videos, just a small lipo cell can create a big 6 foot fireball. LiPo explosions are like a chain reaction, if one cell blows, you can almost bet that any ajacent cells will explode as well.

Over at there is 100's of reported incedents of leaving LiPo's to charge, and the owner returns to find their kitchen/car/garage engulfed in flames. An improperly charging Telsa LithIon pack could probably blow the roof off your house.

3 cell Lithium Battery in a model aircraft 500 feet over my head is fine, but I wouldn't want to park a huge pack like what's in the Telsa anywhere near my house.

Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer are very closely related. I think the only major difference is the packaging.

From my model airplane experience, LiPo has been a pretty dangerous battery when used improperly. Here is 1 2 3 video's of small Lipo's (3 cells is the biggest) exploding.

As you can see from the videos, just a small lipo cell can create a big 6 foot fireball. LiPo explosions are like a chain reaction, if one cell blows, you can almost bet that any ajacent cells will explode as well.

Over at there is 100's of reported incedents of leaving LiPo's to charge, and the owner returns to find their kitchen/car/garage engulfed in flames. An improperly charging Telsa LithIon pack could probably blow the roof off your house.

3 cell Lithium Battery in a model aircraft 500 feet over my head is fine, but I wouldn't want to park a huge pack like what's in the Telsa anywhere near my house.

The battery used with notebook computers can be very dangerous if the charger circuit malfunctions...

Here are some videoes I read about here just a month ago, and these are just small lithium batteries

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

The battery used with notebook computers can be very dangerous if the charger circuit malfunctions...

Here are some videoes I read about here just a month ago, and these are just small lithium batteries

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

The battery used with notebook computers can be very dangerous if the charger circuit malfunctions...

Here are some videoes I read about here just a month ago, and these are just small lithium batteries

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

I guess you are not aware of the little firebombs called Lithium-Polymer batteries you hold up to your head every day in your cell phone.

Overcharge a Li-Poly or Li-Ion battery and they will literally explode and burn.

Drain them to low and they won't ever charge up again.

Thanks to smart chargers and current limiting circuts in the packs themselves they are safe for every day use.

Here's a Video of a Li-Poly pack being over charged.
Lithium Poly Fire WMV