Lithium battery charging pack warning!

[Wraith]

So, I'm in my basement last night looking for something and I happened to come across Lithium battery pack I have that you can use to charge your cell phone. Apparently, the battery went bad, and it swelled up and actually split the case wide open. I consider myself fortunate the thing didn't catch on fire and burn my house down. So, anybody out there who has one of these charging packs you might want to keep an eye on it when you're not using it and keep it somewhere safe like in a metal box so if did catch on fire it won't burn your house down. This one was just a small one about the size of a deck of playing cards but thinner If it was a bigger one it probably would have gotten hot enough to catch fire.

[Pogo]

Good idea. I think I'll keep mine in a metal ammo box when not using it.

[aviator]

That happened to one of my old phones once after I replaced the battery with an Amazon replacement , it got pretty hot too but never caught fire.

[FloridaAKM]

Lithium batteries are in everyday devices & are manufactured to be safe, but occasionally, someone figures out a way to have a problem with them. If they catch fire in your home or car, you are in for a bad day.

The EV's that we see on the road now are a major fire hazard if you get in a wreck or get flooded in salt water. These power sources are not going away anytime soon, so be careful with anything that is powered by a lithium battery.

[Cujet]

My wife dropped her phone while mowing and mulched it up. The battery fire was epic and I’m surprised the entire yard did not go up.

[FloridaAKM]

I fly r/c quads & helicopters that are all electric, powered by lithium battery packs from 7.6v to 48v. None of these battery packs have any type of safety electronics to keep them from discharging too far like laptops & cell phones do or over charging for that matter.

The battery pack owners have to have the right charging equipment & knowledge as what to do & how to do or suffer the results. You can burn down your home/auto or just burn up a several thousand $$$ aircraft.

Be careful with these devices & they will serve you well.

[BBill]

Same here. 4 cell li-po fire burned a Dynam FW 190 . Aileron servo croaked and what a crash! You're right. Burn baby burn. Missed a soybean field by 50 ft.

[aviator]

One of my airplane mechanics who also had a degree in aeronautical engineer was or is a well known RC designer and competitor, he was also a pretty good pilot himself. Ray Torres.