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Re: Exploding Lithium-Ion Battery in Cellphone Started House Fire

Hudson Leighton (hudsonl@skypoint.com)
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:57:38 -0500

In article <telecom25.258.1@telecom-digest.org>, Mike Hughlett
<chitrib@telecom-digest.org> wrote:

> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0607130182jul13,1,1195700.s
> tory?page=2&coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

> By Mike Hughlett
> Tribune staff reporter

> July 13, 2006

> It has the ring of an urban legend: A cell phone blows up and sets
> fire to a house.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: For those people inclined to think that
> a fire caused by an exploding battery is 'just another urban legend'
> which never has any verifiable source to it, here is an instance where
> proof is available: Chicago Tribune, July 13, 2006 Section B, with a
> real person named. PAT]

There was a recent incident where a Dell laptop went up in flames
at a conference in Asia.

It's amazing how hot a 9 volt transistor battery gets when it
contacts the loose change in your pocket.

Energy = Energy

Uncontrolled Energy = Bomb

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