[LINK] Qantas bans Dell laptop batteries

[Ivan Trundle]

Apparently most of the batteries being recalled aren't actually  
identified as 'Sony' batteries, and were made under contract by third  
parties, primarily in China. Japan's Trade Ministry has ordered that  
Sony report back by the end of August determining the cause and  
future prevention of this problem, or face punitive fines. It appears  
that batteries require more-thorough checking for metal contaminants,  
which if jostled or placed under pressure can cause the metal to  
pierce the insulation and potentially cause a short, and thus  
allowing the battery to overheat in an uncontrollable way.

Interestingly, at least five fires involving lithium-ion batteries  
have been reported on US flights in the last two years, according to  
the FAA (USA). Not good news at all.

iT

On 25/08/2006, at 5:21 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 12:02 PM 25/08/2006, Adam Todd wrote:
>> CLones never cales problems!  (ok less than never!)
>
> I looked at my battery maker in my new ACER: Sanyo.
>
>
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