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| Originally Posted by Rob Dobson This is a common misconception about Li-ion packs. People think back to the chemistry lessons at school where a bit of Lithium gets thrown into the bowl of water and explodes. In reality a Li-ion battery getting wet will act the same as any other battery - not good for the battery but *no* bang and *no* fire.
I discussed this at length with Tobin George after someone raised a concern over sticking Li-ion packs in an X-Scooter and Tobin very patiently went through and explained quite why that entire notion of salt water and Li-ion cells being a dangerous combo was utter rubbish. |
I've heard that kind of thing before - but then I've also read stuff like this:
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| Originally Posted by richlock in SWM trip report The only equipment failures were a couple of leaky drysuits which when combined with a heated waist belt results in a diver running round the deck of watcher shouting “im on fire get me out of this drysuit” well word to that effect!! It even left a lovely burn on Paul’s side, and the heated belts battery can now be found in the vicinity of the Egypt on the seabed! |
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RMS Egypt Trip report - South West Mafia , my bold added)
I don't know what kind of battery/belt was being used here, but it worries me enough to put me off buying one.