Bill, did you by any chance notice that the wedge only just barely
dented the Li cell before it lit off?
The cases on these cells are not any stiffer than a bugspray can,
and unlike the bugspray can, denting them apparently will make them
short inside and go incindiary.
I think that is fairly interesting regardless of how you feel about
cell phones.
-Chuck
Bill Jeffrey wrote:
I'm not sure what the point is - or maybe there isn't one. Many
ordinary items will malfunction, or even explode, if crushed by a metal
wedge or drilled through. Try it with an aerosol can of deodorant or
bug spray - we used an unbelievable amount of bug spray making torches
when I was in Boy Scouts. Try it with the CRT in your TV or computer
monitor. Try it with the gas tank of your car, or a propane bottle from
your grill, or an air conditioner ...
If this about the recent and much-overhyped stories of cell phones
exploding in people's ears, I don't think it contributes much.
Bill
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