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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
 Posted - 24 Jan 2002 : 19:57:43
Ok I am now afraid to ever charge a PB battery again. The story goes a bit like .....this.....:I was charging the battery for my *new* PB 170......it had been charging for no more than 3-4 hours when......BOOM, it exploded. Not completely, but the one side DID fly off at enough speed to lodge itself in a cardboard box and no my head thankfully. What did i do wrong? charger bad? battery bad? *shudders* (thinks to self what a horrible death for a battery....) ~The Penguin |Captain, Intelligence Operations|
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2002 : 21:16:58
 Wow that's something new I haven't hear from the 100 series Powerbooks (not including 190). Hopefully this also didn't destroy your Powerbook as well. That would be horrible. [Posts sign over Penguin's head, reading "Warning: Exploding Batteries"] ------------------
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AnubisTTP
Junior Member
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2002 : 07:12:42
When I first saw a post titled "kaboom" in a powerbook forum, I thought it was going to be about a 5300....I think one of the few things that can cause a battery to explode like that is a short between the terminals. Maybe the charger has a short in it. AnubisTTP
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2002 : 13:42:21
Good News: PB is still a-ok.
Bad News: Charger and battery both toast, literally. No way of testing to see if it was the charger or battery now.....don't know who to point fingers at now. I guess not much help i can get now, but thought i would post anyhow, rather bizarre happening. ooOOoo, forum idea...hehe....unexplained and mysterious 68k happenings....hehe~The Penguin |Captain, Intelligence Operations|
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2002 : 13:47:14
Wow! I used to through AA batteries and the like into small fires and watch them explode. Yeah...666th poster to the
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MacScuzzy
Moderator
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jan 2002 : 11:07:53
Hey, the exploding batteries was fixed with the 5300 and 190...*Pats PB 190* It was Sony's fault really, but those laptops and their batteries never made it out of testing. -------------
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Tallgeese
Full Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2002 : 12:05:29
Hmm... when I saw "Kaboom" for some reason I thought of that control panel that assigned sounds to events...
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Apple II Squad Leader
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2002 : 12:16:25
Hey, I used to have that before 8.6's sound sets came along. I should try and find it for my 68k's...666th poster to the
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