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jeff47

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16. It will probably be ok. But I wouldn't charge it unless

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 05:20 PM

Mar 2014

someone was awake and relatively nearby - You don't have to watch it charge, just be able to respond to the smoke if something does go wrong.

I actually know someone who's house burned down because they left the laptop plugged in while they were at work. The battery overcharged, burst, and caught fire. That lit the house on fire. Since no one was at home, the fire had engulfed a lot of the house by the time the neighbors noticed.

But the battery cost 1/10th what the OEM replacement battery cost.

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Lithium batteries my ass [View all] Iwasthere Mar 2014 OP

There are international rules around how many lithium batteries can be carried, MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #1

Lithium? I don't even know em. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #2

+100 nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #8

I'm still leaning toward the sharp_stick Mar 2014 #3

Nuts. That makes no sense. I think thiss what actually happened: Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #9

I have a theory frazzled Mar 2014 #4

+1 Fearless Mar 2014 #6

With no wreckage, why would they assume this? ecstatic Mar 2014 #5

Well, they probably have a cargo manafest jeff47 Mar 2014 #11

Maybe a silly question, but would this threat apply to car trunks ecstatic Mar 2014 #13

Partially. jeff47 Mar 2014 #14

Thanks ecstatic Mar 2014 #15

It will probably be ok. But I wouldn't charge it unless jeff47 Mar 2014 #16

this is what cnn does warrior1 Mar 2014 #7

Are they talking about this Emirates flight jsr Mar 2014 #10

Maybe they've got them confused with diithium crystals rocktivity Mar 2014 #12

Turn west captain -- I canna make 'er go north. FarCenter Mar 2014 #17