"When it rains it pours."

Re: lithium

Yesterday I was just charging the lithium battery for a new RC Chopper I had purchased which was sitting in the outer office. I heard a large pop almost like a gun went off. Ran out and the battery had exploded! Only used it one time (was on the 2nd charge).

I then measured the temperature with an infrared sensor and it read 216degees F in the exposed part that I got a reading off of (varied between about 160 and 216 depending on where I probed).

Now I can't fly until they send me a new batter and charger which they have to do by ground because the batteries can't be shipped by air.