and I think Nokia just issued a recall on millions of cell phone
batteries (made by matsushita?)
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> And not just 3rd party batteries. Sony had some embarassing Li-ion QC
> problems and has had to recall approx. 10 million Li-ion batteries
> affecting numerous products.
> <https://esupport.sony.com/perl/compatibility.pl?comp_project_id=7>
>
> There's a shot here of a notebook whose battery got a bit toasty
> <http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/sony-battery-recall-approaches-10-million-costs-mounting/>
>
> If the big QC conscious companies can sometimes get it so wrong what do
> you think you might get from ebay for $3.95? BTW, Texas Instruments
> sells a charge/discharge/short circuit safety control chipset for Li-ion
> batteries. Last I looked these were about $2.50 each in quantities of
> about 10,000. Guess what is probably not in your ebay battery.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Ali Shah wrote:
>> I think the current Pop Photo has an article about 3rd
>> party batteries. They can self destruct and caused
>> damage to the camera.
>>
>>
>> --- Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not unless it's your intention to get the fire going
>>> really, really good.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>
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