[maemo-users] swollen battery

[From: Kevin T. Neely]

This seems appropriate for the conversation

http://xkcd.com/651/

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Martin Grimme <martin.grimme at gmail.com>wrote:

> Get rid of the swollen batteries as soon as possible and do not try to
> charge them! They may explode or burn!
>
>
> Martin
>
> 2009/11/5, Mark <wolfmane at gmail.com>:
> > Here you can get genuine Nokia batteries for a fraction of the price
> > you'll find anywhere else:
> > http://www.cellphoneshop.net/bp5l.html
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:45 AM, bill keiser <bk2 at sharpstick.org> wrote:
> >>  i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
> >> car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
> >> when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
> >> 1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
> >> didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
> >> two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
> >> OEM one.
> >>  no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
> >> still works and buy a couple new batteries.
> >> bill keiser
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