Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured as devices explode

Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by ethagnawl on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @06:03PM (#41573352)

I had a rechargeable battery explode in my kitchen recently and it was like a small grenade went off. I'll see if I can find the photos but it shattered trim and bits went through a screen on the other side of the room.

So, an "excited" AA (which, I believe is what pagers usually use) could do a surprising amount of damage.

Photo: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/40...

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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @09:44PM (#41574880)

Those are NiMHs, aren't they? WTF? That shouldn't be possible.

Any idea what prompted the explosion?

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Re:Dozens of Hezbollah members said to be seriously injured ... by pvaldes on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @01:06PM (#41582522)

Urg, I used exactly this brand in the past.

Is an interesting problem. Maybe the experts in the area could help here. I assume that a worn battery near the end of its life is more prone to explode, but I wonder...

Would the dead cells in the battery take part in that; or are just dead and not reactive.

In other words: if a battery has only a 30% remaining alive; or a laptop has a very worn battery, would an hypothetical explosion by overheating be much less severe? or is still so dangerous as new?.

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