Have to admit, outside of actually combat, that was the scariest thing
I've ever experienced. The battery was a generic, Chinese manufactured,
lithium-Ion pack made up of 3 main, but unmarked, cells, wrapped in a
fairly tough flexible, plastic wrap. A little forensics leads me to
think the flexible outer shell probably absorbed some the initial blast
and helped contain the shrapnel - or at least slow it down. I shutter
to think what would have happened had it had exploded inside the steel
case of of the equipment it was meant for. I bought it from one of the
many vendors on ebay - I couldn't really say which one. I use these in
many different projects. They're very convenient. The charger is a
Tenergy Universal Lithium-Ion Smart Charger. I've used it 100's of
times without a problem. I think this was just a couple of defective
cells. Or, perhaps bad wiring.
All I can say is the explosion was far beyond anything I've ever heard
of happening with bad Li-Io cells. If it had been inside the steel
case, it would have been a hand grenade.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
On 12/10/2014 5:15 PM, Nick Kemp wrote:
One thing available and recommended are fireproof/resistant envelopes
to put LI-Io batteries into while charging. Maybe good practice it to
charge them outside at least the first few times.
Good to hear that you were not injured.
Nick
N1KMP
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