Fw: [OT] Beware exploding laptops

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

poof!

Gareth Cook
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Mark J Cox <mailto:mark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I thought the risk of laptop exploding batteries to be quite
> low, (and if you did have a bad battery that you'd spot a
> little fire or smoke and have time to run away) but it
> happened on Friday to a fellow UK Red Hat employee, Alan Cox:
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>                http://zeniv.linux.org.uk/~telsa/boom/
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> This is HA relevant to me as I have a thinkpad on and
> charging 24x7 including when the house is empty, and a number
> of Fujitsu point tablets with their batteries left on.  I've
> no idea what cells are in use in the Fujitsu Point batteries,
> but I'm about to take them all out to reduce the risks.

Thanks for that.  Do you know how scary it is to read that on the screen
of an IBM laptop resting on your lap?  I do!  :-/

Cheers,
Andy



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