Timeline for What type of cordless tool battery chemistry should I purchase?
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| Dec 6, 2010 at 7:42 | comment | added | Sean Reifschneider | Note that Li-Ion is what is in most laptops, and while there's occasionally stories about particular batches having explosion problems, there are a whole lot of laptops out there without problems. Though they're probably not treated quite as roughly as power tools (says the guy that just got his laptop back from repair for damaged caused by dropping it :-). | |
| Nov 27, 2010 at 19:40 | comment | added | Mike Powell | Duly noted -- I had not heard that. I've never left mine in the car, but I have used them outside in sunny, hot weather and have not noticed any performance issues (including explosions!). | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 18:06 | comment | added | Joel B | I'm kinda scared because I've read that Li-ion batteries are more sensitive to temp and can actually explode if left somewhere really hot (like the trunk of a car perhaps...which I could foresee me doing). | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 5:34 | history | answered | Mike Powell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |