Imagine This In Your Lap!
Remember the controversy over Apple’s exploding laptops? It turned out Apple, Dell and some other computers had batteries that could overheat and do anything from scorch your groin to explode.
The good people at PC PitStop thought a safety reminder was in order, so they set up a test to duplicate conditions under which a laptop could explode.
“We intentionally created conditions in which the Li-ON battery pack would explode inside a generic portable. The results are dramatic. There are numerous conditions where these fires can occur in real life. Faulty battery packs (driving the recalls), faulty protection circuits inside the PC, exposure to excessive heat, and blunt force are some of the major ways that this could happen to you.”
Here are the results of their test:
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