Dang, that is supposed to be one of the good ones. What happened to it? Just swell up?Sidenote I'm more concerned about these fancy lithium jump starters than my truck battery.
yeah, went to take it out of the case to use it and noticed the case was popped open. Figured that wasn't good. Was 9 years old so guess I got my money's worth out of it.
One of my buddies had one in the saddle bag of his Harley, it wasn't that old, he used it to help someone in a car jump their battery, it had the capacity to start the vehicle, but about 5 minutes later began to smoke and bulge, ended up leaving it on the guardrail to let it burn itself out.
Yes, commercial flights are in a totally different safety realm than EV fires. No one is known to have died in a Ford F-150 Lightning fire yet, though. If you're going to worry about anything, just worry about the risk of plain old death in a traffic accident. It's a LOT higher than the risk of dying in an EV fire (but of course everyone imagines, "It's not going to be me. I'm such a great driver...").
| Risk type | Deaths/year |
|---|---|
| All traffic crashes | ~42,000 |
| Vehicle fires (mostly gasoline) | ~500–600 |
| EV fire deaths | likely << 100 |
| Commercial airline deaths (U.S.) | often 0–tens |
I just checked and my Siemens Signia rechargeable hearing aids have lithium ion batteries. I dread what would happen if my hearing aids explode.
Probably a lawyer involved.
Yeah that was my thought as well. There was speculation earlier in this thread about a lithium 12v replacement.
