Re: Lithium battery fires

In article <H0Yej.2640$pr6.411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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Robert Baer wrote:

What gets me, was that the older (>1year if i remember correctly)
reference was slanted as if the lithium batteries were serious hazards
and implication should be banned, period.
That article stated that not even Halon would have an effect on a fire.
It gave good pointers / ideas for anyone with intent to mayhem
anywhere on (essentially) how to use lithium batteries as fire /
explosion starters.

The newer article specifically stated that there was absolutely no
problem, that any lithium battery fire could not only be controlled, but
be put out with on-board resources.

So there are night and day differences - meaning someone is plainly
lying.

I have the old lithum cells from a laptop battery. Please suggest what
could be done to those cells to check if it can really cause a fire.

VLV


For this experiment you'll need:

A video recorder of some sort
An axe, chisel or any other sharp cutting tool.

Turn the video recorder on and puncture a Li-Ion cell with the axe,
chisel or what have you.

Post the video to YouTube and let us know how to find it.

Ah yes, do this OUTSIDE!

.

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