So one of my batteries went dead today, or rather, a connection within the battery obviously decided to get a short.
I've noticed this for a few weeks but it never got this serious. Sometimes this particular battery won't power on or connect.
So I finally thought it had died in action, kicked the bucket.
Then I spotted my old Nintendo sitting on the floor with a cartridge in it that had been struck many times when it failed to cooperate with my personal ideals and inspiration struck me.
Hm...
So I promptly took the connection end of the battery and lightly tapped it with annoying and tedious force on the side of my desk.
Lo and behold a plume of vapor occurred upon my next puff.
...I also ordered a passthrough because I know this isn't the last I've seen of this.
(I am in no way suggesting you grab a broken semi-charged lithium battery and slap it on a table until it works... unless you love exploding pieces of plastic and steel with searing acid. It just worked for me because I didn't happen to do it like my life depended on it... just moderate force to unjam the short.)
I do suggest that if you do get the short sorted out by lightly tapping the battery that you treat the battery with care or you only use it while somewhere it won't fall because I still got the short not long after I repaired it... which was reprimanded by more indiscriminate bashing of said battery. So,... get a short, keep that particular battery out of the way of danger because the short will come back until you replace it.
I've noticed this for a few weeks but it never got this serious. Sometimes this particular battery won't power on or connect.
So I finally thought it had died in action, kicked the bucket.
Then I spotted my old Nintendo sitting on the floor with a cartridge in it that had been struck many times when it failed to cooperate with my personal ideals and inspiration struck me.
Hm...
So I promptly took the connection end of the battery and lightly tapped it with annoying and tedious force on the side of my desk.
Lo and behold a plume of vapor occurred upon my next puff.
...I also ordered a passthrough because I know this isn't the last I've seen of this.
(I am in no way suggesting you grab a broken semi-charged lithium battery and slap it on a table until it works... unless you love exploding pieces of plastic and steel with searing acid. It just worked for me because I didn't happen to do it like my life depended on it... just moderate force to unjam the short.)
I do suggest that if you do get the short sorted out by lightly tapping the battery that you treat the battery with care or you only use it while somewhere it won't fall because I still got the short not long after I repaired it... which was reprimanded by more indiscriminate bashing of said battery. So,... get a short, keep that particular battery out of the way of danger because the short will come back until you replace it.
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