Battery discussion, It has finally happened.

[redsb3]

This is a followup to the posting on batteries in the link below:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=11101

Seems it has finally happened. I read in today's paper about a Li-On battery recall involving Apple iBooks, G4 Powerbooks. Some 128,000 units are being recalled. Seems they have had 6 incidents worldwide, (2 in the US) of batteries bursting into flames. My guess would be a faulty microchip inside the battery. What is truly amazing to me is that it took this long to happen. I believe something other than Li-On will be on the horizon very soon as this now proveable "accident" has happened. I can see the lawyers circling already.

[admsteiner]

The recalled batteries all come from the same company (I forget which). It also happens to be the same company that made the batteries for Apple which were recalled a few months (or a couple of years) back.

Forgot where I read about this...

--adam

[yukit]

The recalled batteries all come from the same company (I forget which). It also happens to be the same company that made the batteries for Apple which were recalled a few months (or a couple of years) back.

Forgot where I read about this...

--adam

They are from South Korea's LG Chem.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/0 ... batteries/