Now I understand the reason for proper battery disposal

[SlugSlinger]

Thought it was a good idea to dismantle a big Milwaukee M18 battery. As I was taking it apart it shorted out and became a flame thrower. Luckily I got it outside before any major damage was done.

 

[O4L]

Doh!

 

[Perplexed]

Oh, but for a video of the dismantling…

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Damn, dude! I had no idea... Then again, I never wanted to dismantle a battery.

I've heard of 9V batteries causing house fires from people throwing them in the trash where they short with a piece of foil or something. But nothing like that.

You were almost the reason for one of those annoying warning stickers that are on everything...like batteries.

 

[xseler]

That's why they don't want those type batteries on airplanes.


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[OKCHunter]

Yep - I had a medium-sized, swollen LIPO battery that I decided to puncture and soak in water before tossing in the trash. Bad idea. Thankfully, I was in the garage and quickly got it to the driveway with a shovel. I had a good fire / fog going in the driveway. Batteries plus now gets those damn things.

 

[dancer4life]

Wow!!!!!

 

[SlugSlinger]

I took the cover off and saw the many 3.2 volt battery cells and thought I would take them out and test each one. I had all the connections removed and then tried to split the remaining case with a screwdriver. I think I punctured one of the cells and it literally blew flames out 18” for at least 20 seconds, maybe more. I was able to knock it off my workbench then picked it up with a long screwdriver and took it outside burning. After all that I thought that thing could have exploded. It looks like maybe 2 or 3 of the cells burned. Couldn’t imaging if all the cells went off.

 

[GnometownHero]

A small amount of Lithium can cause a big heat generating reaction

 

[DRC458]

Holy crap @SlugSlinger ! You OK?!?!??!