Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 23:58:40 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: Kids got an E-scooter? Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:58:40 -0700 Message-ID: References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 33 X-Trace: sv3-pSHvgWKwXUnS2Cp4NL+0LiEVRZMtfi8kVL/kTV17DINdHkgcTNnJ/C0w1XlUf7vbwqIEZmhFWMVXUUz!V6xD6ZKLFw3zOUKE4tseJiY7ZBxxkR1r00kV47nSGpGavn2wiMfWTXSmzXGnqXC8/tBM3MTlRM/k!Q9vTtw== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2162 On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 22:39:48 +0100, TTman wrote: >On 22/06/2024 18:22, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:12:04 -0700, john larkin wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:22:25 +0100, Cursitor Doom >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Get rid of it! >>>> >>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwwzd99r2do >>> >>> I doubt that there is any serious quality control on cheap batteries. >>> >>> Kids are maiming and killing themselves on cheap unlicensed >>> battery-powered scooters and such too. >>> >>> Imagine maybe a million unused battery-powered toys gathering dust in >>> garages and closets waiting to explode. >> >> A frightening thought! Not so much batteries; more incendiary bombs. >> >>> >>> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33963903/ >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Go-Bowen-Baja-1000W-Electric-Go-Kart/dp/ >> B00NOD6T4G >> >That's why we charged our RC lipos in a fireproof bag... If it ignites, it would burn through a steel lunchbox.