From: Chris Houghten <chris_at_houghten.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:52:04 -0500

Only explosive if mis used when charging. Theyre not gonna just blow up
otherwise they wouldnt be able to ship Lithium ion packs either.

Lithium ion batteries contain a much smaller amount of lithium than other
lithium batteries.. I would imagine you would have to open one up and eat
the insides in order to get lithium poisoning, but I would also imagine that
if you did that, the lithium poisoning would be the least of your worries.
However, lithium is a major component in a lot of psychosis medication and
so maybe you would be helping yourself cuz you would obviously be a nut job.

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Holt" <amiga2k_at_cox.net>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Spare battery


> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:58:19 +0200, Joris van den Heuvel wrote:
>
> >BTW, Li-Ion batteries are kind of explosive if not handled correctly.
> >Lithium (and possibly other chemical substances) that leaks from a
> >damaged
> >cell is highly flammable and (possibly) poisonous.
> >
> >Joris.
>
> "Kind of explosive"? isn't that like being "sort of pregnant"? :))
>
> Of course with Lithium poisoning, at least you are in a good mood when
> you die. ;-)
>
> Chris
>
>
>
Received on 2003-03-31