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Warning: Exploding Batteries

Posted by timothy on from the and-exploding-and-exploding dept.

batlike writes "It seems I have been quite lucky up to this point as I habitually leave my laptop in the trunk of my car - which is just over the gas tank (duh!) . See this article in InfoWorld by Ephraim Schwartz for details. You may want to give it a once over if you currently use lithium-ion batteries."

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  1. Party Time by whiteranger99x · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems I have been quite lucky up to this point as I habitually leave my laptop in the trunk of my car - which is just over the gas tank (duh!) .

    You may want to give it a once over if you currently use lithium-ion batteries."

    Considering that I usually keep my laptop in my trunk, i can rest knowing that I can pull it out and replace it with some safer items like a gasoline canister, some fireworks, my blowtorch and some booze (it is new years eve, after all ;)

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  2. Re:Where is it safe? by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

    My laptop gets left countless places unattended....So what can you use as a safety? (Other than removing the battery)

    Dude, you don't have to worry about the battery in your laptop exploding.

    In fact, you don't have to worry about owning a laptop anymore. Your battery and laptop will be removed.

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  3. Re:A Trend? Moron... by whiteranger99x · · Score: 4, Funny

    If that's the case, aren't you far more likely to win the lottery several times than have your laptop battery explode?

    well, if that's the case, at least you'll have enough lottery winning to replace your laptop when it does explode ;)

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  4. Jogger died via exploding MP3 player's battery by ljavelin · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess I like empirical evidence. There are a lot of lithium ion batteries out there - I own a number of devices with them. I never had a problem, and no one I know has had a problem.

    But I don't watch a lot of TV news... maybe I've missed these stories:
    • "Family of seven burns to death in car while travelling to church - laptop battery to blame"
    • "Chatty woman in restaurant decapitated by exploding cell phone battery".
    • "Saddam caught - U.S. Soldiers effectively use iPods to force former Iraqi leader from his bunker"

  5. Re:Not a fireball by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Overheated NiCads are far more impressive. Gas and acid start shooting out of the vent hole under high pressure, turning them into a rocket if they are sitting loose.

    Did ya know that people will scatter like crazy when that happens? They jump up on the banquet tables and everything. Quite a sight.

    KFG