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I had a rechargeable battery explode in my kitchen recently and it was like a small grenade went off. I'll see if I can find the photos but it shattered trim an
by ethagnawl 2y ago
I had a rechargeable battery explode in my kitchen recently and it was like a small grenade went off. I'll see if I can find the photos but it shattered trim and bits went through a screen on the other side of the room.
So, an "excited" AA (which, I believe is what pagers usually use) could do a surprising amount of damage.
Photo: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/403/042/641/683/789/original/943764863035d0d0.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/40...
- CamperBob2 2y agoThose are NiMHs, aren't they? WTF? That shouldn't be possible. Any idea what prompted the explosion?
- pvaldes 2y agoUrg, I used exactly this brand in the past. Is an interesting problem. Maybe the experts in the area could help here. I assume that a worn battery near the end of its life is more prone to explode, but I wonder... Would the dead cells in the battery take part in that; or are just dead and not reactive. In other words: if a battery has only a 30% remaining alive; or a laptop has a very worn battery, would an hypothetical explosion by overheating be much less severe? or is still so dangerous as new?.