Illum
Flashaholic
Its not a lithium ion battery, its not even an alkaline battery... its a zinc oxide[?] 9V.
I was locking up the office for the night when this little bugger catapulted itself out of the bulk packaging and slammed its head against the cabinet door, wham!![Aaa :aaa: :aaa:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2/aaa.gif)
Unlike an energizer/duracell/more common alkalines the body is crimped sheet metal, these 9Vs have an "unbreakable" plastic shell. This battery, obviously long expired, somehow welled up enough gas inside to explode and blew little plastic bits everywhere. Voltage reading was zero, thought it was pretty interesting nonetheless.
No heat, no flames, I'm just lucky it didn't take out something important, like a smoke alarm :nana:
I was locking up the office for the night when this little bugger catapulted itself out of the bulk packaging and slammed its head against the cabinet door, wham!
![Aaa :aaa: :aaa:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2/aaa.gif)
Unlike an energizer/duracell/more common alkalines the body is crimped sheet metal, these 9Vs have an "unbreakable" plastic shell. This battery, obviously long expired, somehow welled up enough gas inside to explode and blew little plastic bits everywhere. Voltage reading was zero, thought it was pretty interesting nonetheless.
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No heat, no flames, I'm just lucky it didn't take out something important, like a smoke alarm :nana: