Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Sep 2006 09:26 UTC
After Dell and Apple, Toshiba is now too issueing a massive recall of Sony-made laptop batteries. The batteries, used in Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops manufactured between March and May this year, could fail on the road because of problems with storing and transmitting power, Toshiba spokesman Keisuke Ohmori said. The total of recalled Sony batteries is now about 6.5 million. Even airlines have prohibited the use of Dell and Apple laptops in-flight.
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2005-08-08
Fire danger with batteries can happen during charging and/or discharging.
While I don't advise you to try this, have you ever purposely shorted the terminals of a 9 volt battery? It will get hot rather quickly. Probably not hot enough to start a fire. But, hot enough to get your attention.
As I understand the Sony battery situation, their batteries can short, internally. Those batteries store a considerable amount of energy compared to the 9 volt example above.
Your risk of fire with an internally shorted battery is a very real possibility and I can understand the airlines reasoning for banning the use of affected laptops until the problem is resolved.