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Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business by kec on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:03PM (#16737248)
Deep discharge is actually probably what caused that. In lithium ion batteries, if cell voltage drops too low it can cause chemical changes in the electrolyte which can cause an internal short.
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Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business by JonDav on Monday April 02, 2018 @11:35PM (#16741700)
Dendrites can form in both over and under charge situations, maybe it's just that the over charge to short is blamed on thermal runaway instead..
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