Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ...
by mveety on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:45AM
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Risk might not be great enough. They're balancing convenience and safety. IIRC the hoverboards had a higher risk because of how many cheap ones burst into flames and people didn't want to use them in flight so it wouldn't bother them if they didn't have them.
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ...
by userbinator on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:06AM
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The "hoverboards" have a much bigger battery, with far more stored energy, and are also designed such that they can release that energy more quickly since the application requires it. A typical phone has around 10-15Wh capacity, hoverboards are in the 150-100Wh range, and laptop batteries are usually <100Wh; these are also cells which are designed more for long low-current discharges.
Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ...
by dsfyu404ed on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:58AM
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Once a battery starts releasing energy "more quickly than intended" it's only going to get quicker until it runs out of energy.