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From: John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: lithium explosion
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:35:28 +0100
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On 13/04/2024 06:55, Bill Sloman wrote:
> On 13/04/2024 12:17 am, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:55:19 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
>> (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... if
>>>> it had a safe place to dissipate the stored energy.
>>>
>>> What if it didn't?
>>
>> And what if cheap Chinese batteries weren't all designed by geniuses
>> like Sloman?
> 
> It doesn't take genius to design a decent battery monitoring system, and 
> manufacturers who sell dangerous products get sued, and banned from 
> selling into markets with even minimal consumer protection legislation.
> Even the US finally banned tetra-ethyl lead as a gasoline additive.
> 

Not entirely.  It is still allowed for general aviation.

John