Tomas
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Cellphone explodes in man's pocket and the lithium battery is suspected. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif
Cellphone explosion - battery ...
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Stefan
Enlightened
Interesting read, and lead to research on news of this. Turns out the users were not installing batteries that were authorized for those perticular phones. Another thing that worries me about cell phones containing lithium batteries.... you can get an explosion if you accidently get your phone wet.
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Stefan said:
Turns out the users were not installing batteries that were authorized for those perticular phones.
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In an interview on Dutch tv the supermarket employee said that it was a new phone (3 months old), with the original battery... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
He also showed his phone and the battery remains did have a Nokia sticker on it.
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Nokia phone explodes
Stefan said:
Turns out the users were not installing batteries that were authorized for those perticular phones.
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In an interview on Dutch tv the supermarket employee said that it was a new phone (3 months old), with the original battery... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
He also showed his phone and the battery remains did have a Nokia sticker on it.
Nokia phone explodes
Tomas
Banned
There are, so far, two separate incidents with Nokia phone's batteries blowing up recently:
The first, where Nokia blamed a battery not made by Nokia for the problem, and now this latest where even Nokia admits in their official release that it was a fairly new phone, had not been abused in any way that they could tell, and was wearing a stock Nokia battery.
This has happened in the past with lithium cells in Thompson (GE) cellphones in Britain (factory installed batteries) and with several brands of lithium cell powered aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT's) with factory batteries.
There have also been shipments of lithium batteries, from the factories, that have caught fire on the pallet.
Most any battery can be hazardous, the thing with lithium batteries is the ability to release so much of their power in a very short time.
This is not saying that lithium batteries are bad, or anything like that, just warning that they can go nuts (and I'd be nervous about carrying them in my front jean pocket. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif )
Here's a third recent Nokia explosion. (That story also mentions a new Kyocera cellphone exploding in Nebraska, and Kyocera has stopped shipping that model.)
Hewre's a decently written report for the folks down under about the recent mobile phone explosions: ZD Net
There have been the odd reports over the years, too. Like the suitcase of cheap lithium cell powered Chinese wristwatches being smuggled that exploded in '91. or the GPS receiver that exploded at Fort Irwin, etc.
Some caution is probably a good idea is all ...
The first, where Nokia blamed a battery not made by Nokia for the problem, and now this latest where even Nokia admits in their official release that it was a fairly new phone, had not been abused in any way that they could tell, and was wearing a stock Nokia battery.
This has happened in the past with lithium cells in Thompson (GE) cellphones in Britain (factory installed batteries) and with several brands of lithium cell powered aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT's) with factory batteries.
There have also been shipments of lithium batteries, from the factories, that have caught fire on the pallet.
Most any battery can be hazardous, the thing with lithium batteries is the ability to release so much of their power in a very short time.
This is not saying that lithium batteries are bad, or anything like that, just warning that they can go nuts (and I'd be nervous about carrying them in my front jean pocket. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif )
Here's a third recent Nokia explosion. (That story also mentions a new Kyocera cellphone exploding in Nebraska, and Kyocera has stopped shipping that model.)
Hewre's a decently written report for the folks down under about the recent mobile phone explosions: ZD Net
There have been the odd reports over the years, too. Like the suitcase of cheap lithium cell powered Chinese wristwatches being smuggled that exploded in '91. or the GPS receiver that exploded at Fort Irwin, etc.
Some caution is probably a good idea is all ...
Tomas
Banned
(Of course there are also idiots ...)
Phone battery in oven explodes
FIRE authorities said today a Perth
man was lucky to escape unharmed
after his explosive attempt to
recharge his mobile phone battery -
in a microwave oven.
Firefighters were called to the man's
home in suburban Scarborough last
night after the battery exploded
inside the oven, causing smoke to
pour out of the appliance.
Fire and Emergency Services district
officer Alan Riley said the man was
lucky not to have been injured in
the incident, which caused about
$200 damage to the microwave.
"It's a timely reminder to people
not to put things in the microwave
other than food - and this includes
phone batteries or using your
microwave to dry your clothes," Mr
Riley said.
Phone battery in oven explodes
FIRE authorities said today a Perth
man was lucky to escape unharmed
after his explosive attempt to
recharge his mobile phone battery -
in a microwave oven.
Firefighters were called to the man's
home in suburban Scarborough last
night after the battery exploded
inside the oven, causing smoke to
pour out of the appliance.
Fire and Emergency Services district
officer Alan Riley said the man was
lucky not to have been injured in
the incident, which caused about
$200 damage to the microwave.
"It's a timely reminder to people
not to put things in the microwave
other than food - and this includes
phone batteries or using your
microwave to dry your clothes," Mr
Riley said.
Stefan
Enlightened
Is it possible for either the cell phone manufacturers and/or battery manufacturers to install a plastic plug to prevent them from shorting out? Most phones I see you plug in a wide connector to the bottom of the phone. Would a shorting battery (coming in contact with a coin or a paperclip) possibly create a "pocket bomb"?
