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People Are Using Recycled Laptop Batteries To Power Their Homes (vice.com)
New submitter gooddogsgotoheaven writes: DIY Powerwall builders from around the world are harvesting old laptop batteries and turning them into powerful batteries capable of supplying energy to their entire homes. "It's the future. It's clean, simple, efficient and powerful," Jehu Garcia, one of the most popular powerwall builders, told me. He and people like him are deciding for themselves what the future of alternative energy will look like, instead of waiting for technology companies to shape it for them. "The end result is being able to rely on something I not only built myself but understand the ins and outs of to power some or all of my electricity in my home. That is inspiring," Joe Williams, another powerwall builder, told me.
I think there's a huge stash of "almost new" Samsung Galaxy Note 7 batteries that aren't being used now.
Those would probably be perfectly fine for use in a static enclosure.
The problem that caused the fires was related to those battery packs being overflexed due to their size and the limited rigidity of the note 7 case for those size batteries was it not?
I have a mental image of a house down the street exploding after a minor earthquake. The neighbors are all loafing around the sidewalk looking at the debris. "A-yep. Samsung batteries. Shouldna used 'em."
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
That's why you don't work on your car in your living room.
Well, for some of us folks . . . that rusty Chevy up on cinder blocks on the front lawn IS the living room . . .
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!