[NSRCA-discussion] Dodged a Bullet Today!!!!

[Dean Pappas]

Hi Gray,
About 75 cell phones vent with flame, every year in the U.S.
The two most common root causes are: mechanical damage to the cell as the phone is dropped, and poor quality after-market batteries.
Remember that all cell phones use a 1S pack, so balancing issues in charge are non-existant, although charger failures can still over-volt a cell.
Imagine having one of these to your ear, at the time! That was true in some cases, last year. Ouch...
later,
    Dean
 

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

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From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Gray E Fowler
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Dodged a Bullet Today!!!!



This now convinces me that Lipos are the way to go! Aeroslave is now seaching for an Italian Lipo mfg to bring to the US. Everyone knows that Italian Lipos are the best. 

Does anyone ever stop to wonder why only RC users of Lipos seem to have this problem???  If this were a common problem with the other 4500 uses for these batteries you would think that the news sources would be all over it with headlines: 

"Baby dies  in Lipo explosion as Mom recharges her cell phone-she thought the phutt was baby gas" 

It sure is a good thing that this battery technology has progessed so far.

Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering

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