RE: cell phone explosion

["Crabb, David" <David.Crabb@Ceridian.com>]

maybe its only dangerous if you talk near the gas cap of your 80's GM
truck...

<and are being videotaped>




> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Thompson [mailto:mikt@pair.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:30 PM
> >To: ev@listproc.sjsu.edu
> >Subject: Re: ACRX goes down to 27 Optimas
> >
> >
> >There's a good reason that guy is working at a Radio Shack 
> >and not making
> >more money with his (lack of) brains!
> >
> >Shorting any battery can result in heat and possible fire. A 
> >cell phone
> >battery is not big enough to cause a big explosion.
> >
> >High explosives are another matter, but a C4 high explosive 
> >cell phone
> >battery could give a big blast but wouldn't give you much talk time!
> >
> >Always evaluate the source when you get information. Try and 
> >double check
> >against alternative view points or impartial sources.
> >
> >On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, David G Leatham wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> > > considering the Lithium ion batteries which have a 
> >strict 4.2v maximum
> >> so
> >> > > the regen on a full pack could go over this. I have 
> >seen a BMS produced
> >> by
> >> > >
> >>     I love my cell phone performance using Li batts but my 
> >guy at Radio
> >> Shack says that little battery could take out the whole 
> >cab of my truck if
> >> impropperly charged!  Don't know if it's true but We All 
> >may be very
> >> interested in this possibility.  Would not want to be 
> >driving towards that
> >> kind of blast.
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Later,          "A rainbow is only part of a circle." San Joser, CA
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