PC Pitstop Tests Lithium Ion Battery Fire

[BioCatholic]

We intentionally created conditions in which the Li-ON battery pack would explode inside a generic portable. The results are dramatic. There are numerous conditions where these fires can occur in real life. Faulty battery packs (driving the recalls), faulty protection circuits inside the PC, exposure to excessive heat, and blunt force are some of the major ways that this could happen to you.

pcpitstop.com/pcsafety/video.asp

On the fringe of “news”, but i always look to these guys when it comes to the new hardware and operating systems. When they report on something like this, it IS news.

from this video, it looks like they have just installed Windows Vista.

Seriously, this is absolutely nuts. Imagine that happening on a plane at 30,000 feet…

 

[Lonevoice]

Wow!

I thought my laptop was looking at me funny…

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

That’s crazy!

 

[kevathaide01]

I don’t know that anyone would actually work a computer like that, so all the experiment does is make good television. Most sensible people try to cool their computers down when they get noticeably hot.