Wow, they really mean it!

Something odd happened to me in my Accounting today. I was sitting there, ever the industrious student, when I noticed my coat pocket felt really hot against my leg. This worried me, because that's where I keep my digital camera, and I feared that perhaps something had happened to it.

So, as discretely as possible, I took out the camera. Then I noticed the spare rechargable batteries I keep in the same pocket were just radiating heat, and were hot to the touch. I wrapped them in some scrap paper to keep them from touching anything, and waited for class to end.

After class, I looked at the batteries, and the plastic coating that was supposed to be around the whole battery had been partially ripped off. (I tried to take pictures, but they came out all fuzzy. And I've thrown them away now. Sorry.)

But, it could have been worse. According to the label, opening the battery could have caused it to heat causing personal injury, ignite, leak, or explode.

Posted by Blog Jones at February 25, 2004 09:00 PM | Category: Technology