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bk2 at sharpstick

Nov 5, 2009, 6:20 AM

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swollen battery

i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
OEM one.
no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
still works and buy a couple new batteries.
bill keiser
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dsr at tao

Nov 5, 2009, 7:22 AM

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Re: swollen battery [In reply to]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 08:45:32AM -0500, bill keiser wrote:
> i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
> car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
> when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
> 1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
> didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
> two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
> OEM one.
> no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
> still works and buy a couple new batteries.

do NOT try to charge the swollen battery!

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/engineering-design-problems/2008/02/lithiumion-battery-swells-up-l.html

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wolfmane at gmail

Nov 5, 2009, 8:02 AM

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Re: swollen battery [In reply to]

Here you can get genuine Nokia batteries for a fraction of the price
you'll find anywhere else:
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/bp5l.html

Mark

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:45 AM, bill keiser <bk2[at]sharpstick.org> wrote:
>  i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
> car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
> when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
> 1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
> didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
> two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
> OEM one.
>  no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
> still works and buy a couple new batteries.
> bill keiser
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martin.grimme at gmail

Nov 5, 2009, 12:28 PM

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Re: swollen battery [In reply to]

Get rid of the swollen batteries as soon as possible and do not try to
charge them! They may explode or burn!


Martin

2009/11/5, Mark <wolfmane[at]gmail.com>:
> Here you can get genuine Nokia batteries for a fraction of the price
> you'll find anywhere else:
> http://www.cellphoneshop.net/bp5l.html
>
> Mark
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:45 AM, bill keiser <bk2[at]sharpstick.org> wrote:
>>  i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
>> car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
>> when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
>> 1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
>> didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
>> two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
>> OEM one.
>>  no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
>> still works and buy a couple new batteries.
>> bill keiser
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ktneely at astroturfgarden

Nov 5, 2009, 1:33 PM

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Re: swollen battery [In reply to]

This seems appropriate for the conversation

http://xkcd.com/651/

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Martin Grimme <martin.grimme[at]gmail.com>wrote:

> Get rid of the swollen batteries as soon as possible and do not try to
> charge them! They may explode or burn!
>
>
> Martin
>
> 2009/11/5, Mark <wolfmane[at]gmail.com>:
> > Here you can get genuine Nokia batteries for a fraction of the price
> > you'll find anywhere else:
> > http://www.cellphoneshop.net/bp5l.html
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:45 AM, bill keiser <bk2[at]sharpstick.org> wrote:
> >> i recently pulled my N-800 out of the drawer to set it up as a GPS(my
> >> car unit got stolen!) and saw that the battery drawer was not flush.
> >> when i popped it open, i found that the battery had swollen up to about
> >> 1.5 it's normal size, exposing the silver skin of the cell inside. it
> >> didn't rupture, but the battery door now seems to be permanently warped.
> >> two of my other spares are also slightly swollen. the bad one is a nokia
> >> OEM one.
> >> no major damage done. i plan to try to charge it back up and see if it
> >> still works and buy a couple new batteries.
> >> bill keiser
> > _______________________________________________
> > maemo-users mailing list
> > maemo-users[at]maemo.org
> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
> >
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