OT: Absolute insanity, a TV in a mailed advertisement

[J Tiers]

Any of you guys actually seen, in person, a single undamaged button-cell lithium battery cause a fire? Because I've tried to get them to go off through abuse, but all I get is a hiss and a stink.

Have you never seen a piece of mail that has been squashed, impacted, bent, etc in the mail?

It is certainly possible that a multi-cell might develop more heat, but such a battery is made up of single cells.... unless they must all conspire to go off at once, a single cell can start a fire.

Packed in among other pieces of mail, it would be thermally insulated and able to overheat.

[Bented]

I find this hardly surprising Tears, the current generation that are now 20 years old have experienced a majority of their lives receiving all information that they consume from screens.
TV and the interweb.

Newspapers, magazines and the postal service are all in a bit of a decline, I will not live long enough but it would be interesting to see where print media is in 20 years.

Now get off my lawn (-:

[PStechPaul]

Speaking of Lithium batteries, I had bought an electric bike for John, and he rode it for a week or so until one day he smelled smoke and found that the charging port of the battery pack had melted. The battery itself still was OK. The vendor will be sending a replacement, but meanwhile I ordered a couple spare connectors which were just shipped (from China, of course). I also found that there was still full 35 volt battery voltage on the wires to the connector, so apparently the charging port is not fused. I cut the wires and spliced in a small 3.15A 125V fuse. I'm not sure if it's rated for 35 VDC but it's surely safer than how it was. It is uncertain how this mishap occurred, but probably he had left the port uncovered and something got in there and shorted it out. There is residue inside the opening where the connector is, but the cover inside is clean.





The in-line fuse:

[chipmaker4130]

. . .Have you never seen a piece of mail that has been squashed, impacted, bent, etc in the mail? . . .

Did you see what I wrote? The USPS has never done to mail what I've done to those button-cells. The most I ever got from one was from squishing it in a vise. Hiss, stink, done. That was a 2032, haven't tried others but I've tried a few of those. Hammer, chisel, press, whatever. One at a time they're anemic.

. . . a single cell can start a fire. . .

I agree that a single cell of the type used to build phone-packs, etc, can start a fire. I just don't think a button-cell can. They're mechanically and chemically quite different.

[PStechPaul]

It's true that lithium button cells have very little energy, but they are way different from the Li-Po or Li-Ion rechargeable pouch cells like the one in Jerry's TV.

https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/N...ery.ashx?la=en

https://www.sdle.co.il/wp-content/up...ecret-ver2.pdf

https://www.powermag.com/lithium-ion...l-fire-hazard/

https://www.robsonforensic.com/artic...expert-witness

[chipmaker4130]

. . .t's true that lithium button cells have very little energy, but they are way different from the Li-Po or Li-Ion rechargeable pouch cells like the one in Jerry's TV. . .

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say above.

[J Tiers]

Did you see what I wrote? The USPS has never done to mail what I've done to those button-cells. The most I ever got from one was from squishing it in a vise. Hiss, stink, done. That was a 2032, haven't tried others but I've tried a few of those. Hammer, chisel, press, whatever. One at a time they're anemic.



I agree that a single cell of the type used to build phone-packs, etc, can start a fire. I just don't think a button-cell can. They're mechanically and chemically quite different.

Did you look at the pics?

Button, button, who has the button?.......... I cannot see any button cell in there. There is a larger cell in it, however. Look above the speaker that you have mistaken for a button cell.......

[chipmaker4130]

. . .Did you look at the pics? . . .

Not really. Just zipped by them! I was thinking the 'tv' was formatted more like the typical singing birthday card, etc. I shall repent.