I was thumbing through the magaine rack at Borders last week and in one of the electronic-connumications-type magazines there was a great article on Lithium Ion Battery failures. I wish now I had purchased the magazine as I don't remember the publications name.
Apparently heat and high currents are such a major problem that most all "reputable" battery makers go to great lengths to build in thermal and current protection. Long and short or it is that when they start failing there can be a thermal runaway which causes a meltdown and massive out-gassing whcih can be followed by smoke and fire. I'd suggest not driving a nail through one of these guys... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
