18350 Battery Burn

[BartS]

Do not carry your 18350 charged battery in you pocket together with change and your car keys. The following can happen.

On Thursday, a friend of mine was carrying his spare 18350 battery in his pocket together with some change and his car keys. He bought something at the shop, and after putting more change in his pocket, he felt heat in his pocket. He took the battery out, and it was steaming hot, and started to kind of burn. When he got to me from the shop, three floors up, the battery was still hot and smoldering. As you can see from the photo even the till slip that was in his pocket, got burned.

Luckily, he did not get injured in any way, but as you can see the battery was gone.

 

[ricardofmf]

was it a protected batt ??

what is the relation bt batt & other metals ??

 

[BartS]

I am not sure, but I think these 18350, are not protected. These are the ones that go with the dse601 E-pipe, and some other mods.

 

[DaveP]

Even a 9v standard electronic battery commonly used in radios and other devices has the potential to start a fire if the terminals become shorted by conductive metals. A 9v bat in your pocket touching a coin can caused fire and 3rd degree burns. I've seen one in a tool box that caught fire from touching a screwdriver blade.