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Sony is Dumb

baltmatrixbaltmatrix
edited August 2006 in Everything Else
Wow. First the PS3 price point, then the craptastic Blue-Ray Drive and now we find out that the Dell batteries that have been bursting into flames...those are made by Sony.

Dell Battery Recall

Comments

  • AprecheApreche
    The talk on the Internet is that exploding batteries are China's fault. The logic is that things made in China and Southeast Asia are typically of shoddy worksmanship. In the case of most electronic devices that results in mere breakage. In the case of Lithium ion batteries it results in exploding death. I can't say I subscribe to this theory, but I can't think of a better one. Anyone else got an idea?
  • HMTKSteveHMTKSteve
    Why it's obviously a secret plot on the part of Sony to bring back their line of laptop PCs by making Dell's explode when used!
  • baltmatrixbaltmatrix
    I would be willing to bet that the protection circuit in all of these batteries have some sort of fatal manufacture defect in them.

    From
    Battery University

    "Despite its overall advantages, lithium-ion has its drawbacks. It is fragile and requires a protection circuit to maintain safe operation. Built into each pack, the protection circuit limits the peak voltage of each cell during charge and prevents the cell voltage from dropping too low on discharge. In addition, the cell temperature is monitored to prevent temperature extremes. The maximum charge and discharge current on most packs are is limited to between 1C and 2C. With these precautions in place, the possibility of metallic lithium plating occurring due to overcharge is virtually eliminated."
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