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PC Pit Stop has made a standard laptop battery catch on fire. The fire is quite a bit larger than I would have expected.
“We intentionally created conditions in which the Li-ON battery pack would explode inside a generic portable. The results are dramatic. There are numerous conditions where these fires can occur in real life. Faulty battery packs (driving the recalls), faulty protection circuits inside the PC, exposure to excessive heat, and blunt force are some of the major ways that this could happen to you.”
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November 26th, 2006
Chemical, electrical and metal fire.. thats a nice combo to have raging at the office.
What would happens if the sprinklers are activated and this puddle of fire got sprayed with water? I remember the science-class expiriment with Litium in water very well (big boom and very violent burn).
November 27th, 2006
Now that’s some scary shit.. I’d better not think about it. I use a Fujitsu Siemens notebook like 17 hours a day..
December 20th, 2006
Well, of COURSE the battery exploded. Any laptop
would pop its cork if it too were sitting on top
of an electric pancake griddle.