02-23-2012, 11:39 AM
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Originally posted by EightFingers
I'm a woodworker/remodeler/etc. and I have several tools that use lithium batteries. I have to take precautions when charging them. Never new them to spontaneously combust unless subjected to extreme heat and/or possibly shocks.
Kind of scary if they can start a fire just "sitting around".
Can you imagine driving sround with a trunkload of them? [}]
AFAIK, the "real" hazards are (absent the things you mentioned above)if the battery gets shorted out (unlikely if installed in a device) or if the device itself malfunctions.