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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Nickbat on 19 July 2011, 22:52:44
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html
..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous. ;) ;D
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Mental note to add a few circuit breakers to the next design.. And stop buying Li-Ion batteries from Dell. ;D
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Mental note to add a few circuit breakers to the next design.. And stop buying Li-Ion batteries from Dell. ;D
Or HP, who are on their 2nd , or is it 3rd recall for the same battery packs :D
ken
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html
..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous. ;) ;D
Built by students...
Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars.. ;D
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It was made in the US and probably clipped a kerb thats why it went up in flames.
at least thats what happens in the movies :D ;D
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html
..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous. ;) ;D
Built by students...
Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars.. ;D
So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."
;D
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So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."
;D
;D
Here, I'll give you 2 numbers, and just to pad out my rather lame news article in case you were wondering what would happen if you multiplied them together I'll give you the answer, except I'm a journalist and, therefore, a bit of a breakwit who never checks his work, even after spending a long lunch break in the pub with my MP.... ::)
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html
..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous. ;) ;D
Built by students...
Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars.. ;D
So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."
;D
I bet it was the mysterious extra 8 cells that exploded, not the 560 ones they planned on having.. ;D
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Similar article in MCN a couple of weeks ago when an electric motorbike at a race meeting caught fire and took it 8 fire extinguishers to put out with the bike totalled, where a normal bike takes less than 1!!! :D :D