[linuxworks]

here's the aftermath with pixel goodness:

yikes!

it was sitting in my bedroom on a night table (small desk). sitting upright, not connected, hadn't been used for a few days. I 'used it up' in a pimeta and it was too low a voltage to be useful so I removed it from my amp and was planning to throw it out. later.

a loud BANG came from my bedroom. I came in to find the battery lying on its side and parts of it on the floor.

thank god that didn't happen when I was sleeping in there! and yes, it was on my night table right next to my bed. sheesh!

I've read a lot about li-ions being bad from sony (and many other makers). this is my first experience with a common alkaline battery exploding all on its own!

be careful where you store batteries. even 'used up' ones. geeze...

 

[Al4x]

seeing as noone got hurt

cool, good pic too!

not very good tho really!

 

[Zorander]

I keep a spare 9V cell in my bag (in case the current one in the Corda Move runs dry). I used to keep the cell together with the iPod LOD in the same pocket compartment. Once, the two terminals came in contact with the LOD plug, creating a short and causing the cell to heat up to burning temperatures. I am sure an explosion would have occurred had I not felt there was a fire going on inside my own bag. Now I keep the cell in some sort of protective cover to effectively isolate the terminals.

Had it exploded though, I am sure the cell would look like yours or worse.

 

[amphead]

Maybe moisture caused it.....

Lithium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jonathanjong]

Holy crudola! I'm charging a 9v right now next to me! <moves away slowly...>

 

[krmathis]

At least nobody was hurt...
Batteries explode from time to time, even if its rare.

 

[mofonyx]

Haha very comforting krmathis!

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mofonyx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haha very comforting krmathis!

He he! Maybe not. But the truth must come out...

 

[Ttvetjanu]

This is sort of scary. I used to play with batteries when I was about 10 years old, making them short circuit so that they warmed up. Luckily they never exploded!

 

[linuxworks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by amphead /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maybe moisture caused it.....

unlikely. in the bay area, its pretty dry here. and I have the air conditioning running quite often (I have a lot of computers always-on at home).