Ever wonder what it would look like to have one of those exploding laptops that we have been hearing so much about? The curiosity has always been in my mind ever since batteries started getting recalled and PCPitStop put together a great video demonstration with a system that they created to purposely instigate a battery explosion.
The video is interesting to watch as each cell of the battery begins to explode and add more to the fire. About two-minutes into the video is when the third and fourth cells of the battery explode which really gets the party started. Temperatures of the fire reach more than 1000 degrees and my favorite part about the video is when the commentator feels the need to say “If this were a real life situation the best strategy would be to move away from the laptop quickly.“
Here’s the video:
News Source: Gizmodo
Move away from the laptop quickly…screaming and with a hole drilled right through your hand! If you were typing it might even have hit an artery. Now I see why they recalled these things.
What amazes me is that out of all the stories I read about these things exploding is that I think there was only one injury. I guess people must realize to move away when it starts smoking.
Yes, when laptops start exploding, people generally move away from them
One thing I found interesting was the comment that if you were to attempt to put out this fire to use a ‘Class D’ extinguishers. Most households don’t have a ‘Class D’, most will have the standard ‘Class A-B-C’ extinguishers. This would be one of those times it would be best to leave it to the trained professionals (fire department).
I just fill my fire extinguisher with compressed gasoline…it is much more fun that way. I like a challenge.
Rather impressive – yet more reasons to steer clear of Dell for fear of seeing this at a private viewing
Don’t blame Dell, pretty much everyone used Sony’s laptop batteries.
Interesting comment about the Class D fire extinguishers. That adds another level of danger to this, because using the wrong type can actually make it worse. I wonder if electronics stores have to have Class Ds?