Exploding Lithium Battery @ 28,500 FPS
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And just yesterday people we suggesting using a torch to shrink the wrap when rewrapping cells...how long did the AA battery take to ignite? 6 seconds? I think I'll stick with the hairdryer!
I was reading that thread too, shaking my head and rolling my eyes now waiting for the "we interrupt for breaking news" so they can exploit another stupid dufus doing something they shouldn't have been doing in the first place. Those pocket or purse batt venting still pop up in FB posts once in while...guess you can't ever fix stupid, not even with education.
I do it all the time it takes less heat to shrink the wrap than applying heat for a longer period of time with a heat gun or hair dryer... The direct application of heat to the wrap takes less heat and time...
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I dont use a torch only a small flame with a cig lighter...
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Educational in what not to do when demonstrating. A lot of bare skin and the face shield will not stop a projectile. I saw a video of some guys who used a home made blast chamber to demonstrate when batteries explode but they were NO Where near the area only cameras.
yeah, but difference is, lots of movement and the goal is to get the wrap to shrink and NOT to heat the battery at all.
If anything, using a blow-dryer generates a lot of unfocused heat (a heat gun even worse), which will heat the battery (overall) after a while (takes a good 10-20+ seconds of exposure for the wrap to start shrinking), as opposed to a second or two with a concentrated heat source which done right, the battery never gets hot at all.
I was surprised to see the camera had absolutely no protection in front of it's lens, but when I saw the guy just holding a blowtorch in his hands while doing this... they got lucky.
Battery roulette. Like when I am super bored, I pull out my AR-15 chamber a round, pull back the charging handle, take off safety, then throw it in the air like a baton. Its exhilarating.
6 seconds is all it took from the moment the heat started to battery gone. Im betting the reaction started inside the battery sooner than that.
When I use a hairdryer the battery doesn't get hot at all. I control the direction of the heat and it doesn't take more than 10 seconds total.
An open flame near a battery is a bad idea and I stand by that statement all day every day.
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Yeah I guess you might notice the camera had NO Protection but I am still shaking my head because he was wearing what looked like welding gloves with a short sleeve shirt on!
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