> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:55:38 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Exploding cell
> > From: [email protected]
>
>
> > Welcome to the club! If you have never exploded a battery you have really
> > missed out.
>
> >It was a very large boom. It took me a few days to find the lid of my
> >battery box. It ripped off the hinges and blew up over my 2 story house and
> >was hidden on the back side of my roof.
>
>
> :-) :-)
> Wow..!
>
> - Glad to hear that it went well, and that no heads or other important
> body-parts was lost in the learningprocess...
>
> So, "lesson learned" I guess. Hehe.
>
>
Yes, definitely lesson learned. I knew for years that my battery box was not
sufficiently ventilated and that hydrogen could be accumulating, but I never
had a problem until that night. So not only did I learn to be sure and
ventilate my batteries while charging, I also learned that just because you
have been doing something one way without problems for an extended period of
time, does not mean that it is ok especially when you know there is potential
for problems. That is one of the values of a list like this. We can learn
from other peoples mistakes and not have to make them ourselves. I am now much
more careful to listen to others safety precautions and implement them before
having problems of my own.
Just the other day I had a problem with a laptop battery. It looked to me like
it had just been run down too far and that my laptop would no longer charge it.
I know that internally it is just a few lithium cells in series, so I took it
out to my garage and forced a charge through it with my hobby charger. I know
from others that lithium cells with problems can burn and that once they start
burning they are next to impossible to put out. Because of this, I placed the
battery in an old frying pan I have in my garage so that if there was any
damage that could cause a fire it would be contained and safe. Fortunately
there were no problems, and after 15 minutes of charging the voltage was high
enough that my laptop was happy with it again and all is now well. I knew to
be cautious and what precautions I should take because others shared their
mishaps with me.
damon
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