[Trlog] Big Dell Notebook Battery Recall

[Jimmy Weierich]

It is the actual battery that is at fault here..  SONY has admitted 
to a manufacturing defect.

See here:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/16/sonybattery/index.php


>Of course it is not the actually battery that is at fault here. It is
>either a lack of adequate venting in the enclosure or more likely a
>failure (or lack) of the thermal protection device in the pack. It is a
>fact that drawing too much current from any LiIon battery (Sony or
>otherwise) will get it hot enough to ignite.
>
>73 es God Bless de KK1L...Ron Rossi (kk1l at arrl.net) <><
>QTH: Jericho, Vermont
>My page: http://www.intergate.com/~kk1l

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Jimmy Weierich, K2LV,        <kg2au at stny.rr.com>
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