I expect that you are right in your caution, Chuck, but this has been
my experience over the last 3 years: no problems with 5 camera
batteries or with 5 mobile phone batteries. Most I have bought direct
from Hong Kong, but I'm about to buy some more from the UK.
Chris
On 21 Dec 2007, at 03:26, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> And you will likely continue to have great experiences with $5-10
> batteries until one overheats on the charger or gets shorted out.
> Then
> you'll have such a not great experience with fire or explosion. Li-
> ions
> are truly dangerous when not built properly. A Li-ion fire can be
> cooled
> by but not extinguished with water. How much do you trust your
> Chinese
> supplier to install the correct monitoring and control circuitry in
> a $5
> battery?
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