Worldwide Battery recall?

[jprupas]

Originally Posted by limike28

Just heard this on MSNBC as well. Granted they were making a major commotion about it, but has anyone done the math? 1.8 million batteries over the past three years, and 9 known cases of them actually causing a fire. According to my math that's a 0.0005% failure (or flame) rate. Hell, I think I have more of a chance of being hit by lightning.

Yes but what if you say 30 laptops on a plane for an international flight over water (2 hrs from any airport) and the battery catches fire in the cargo hold. Hmmm it is going to be bad news.

[limike28]

Well I can't argue that certainly would suck, however, with everything we are playing against a certain amount of odds. There is an inherent danger to any battery using Li-Ion technology.

Granted, I would also doubt that any unplugged battery/laptop would generate the heat needed to combust. Not to mention a non-pressurized cargo hold on a plane at 30,000 feet is hella cold.

[jprupas]

Originally Posted by limike28

Granted, I would also doubt that any unplugged battery/laptop would generate the heat needed to combust. Not to mention a non-pressurized cargo hold on a plane at 30,000 feet is hella cold.

Not in a pressurized cargo hold such as UPS, FEDEX, DHL, etc.

NTSB investigating laptop batteries as the cause of UPS cargo plane fire
Read here: http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/13/nt...ttery_upsfire/

The FAA already bans non-rechargeable lithium batteries from air shipment because aircraft don't carry fire suppression equipment capable of extinguishing lithium fires. The interesting thing is: these batteries aren't being used or charged, they're just being shipped: spontaneous battery combustion.

[limike28]

Well, ya learn something everyday. The FAA is not the only agency to ban litium batteries. The US Navy had a long standing policy for decades of not using lithium batteries.

Personally, I still the numbers seem so small that I wonder in the case of Li-Ion batteries how severe the issue is, or if there some other cicumstances surrounding these cases.

[norrina]

I got a lovely e-mail from Apple, the first I had heard of the recall.

The website I was directed to was https://support.apple.com/ibook_powe...tteryexchange/

This IS a legitimate website, you can get there directly from apple's site via support, under exchanges & extensions on the right side of the page.

There is also a link for a MacBook exchange program.