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KY_EnviroGuy

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13. K&R & thanks. Yes, and from car and aircraft batteries to high-powered flashlights.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #12)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 04:55 AM

Feb 2019

Like a can of gasoline or bottle of propane, a battery is stored energy with the potential to be suddenly released if used improperly.

E-cigarettes likely saved my life several years back. I've been though dozens of batteries of all types, and I've never had a dangerous event with a single one.

Humans will eventually and invariably abuse and over-commercialize anything good and screw it up.......

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K&R & thanks. Yes, and from car and aircraft batteries to high-powered flashlights. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #13

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