Re: [OM] OT: Exploding rechargeable batteries?

[John A. Lind]

At 05:54 1/20/00 , Paul Farrar wrote:
>Shorted NiCds can explode. I think lithiums may, too.

Yep, they can also . . . or at the least get very hot and swell.  I'm
wondering if the extreme cold affected at least one of the cell's innards
enough to cause an internal short.  I've seen that happen too.

-- John

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