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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: lithium explosion
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:55:25 +1000
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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.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney