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Rant

Who new powerbank can explode

Feb 27, 2018 5:33AM PST

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Lithium batteries. Many knew.
Feb 27, 2018 10:26PM PST

Steps plural have been taken to solve the problem. Maybe this was a pre-upgrade model.

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Add lithium.
Feb 27, 2018 10:27PM PST

Teslas use them. Teslas have caught fire.

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Unintended consequences
Feb 28, 2018 2:17AM PST

of companies that feel a need to cater to people's addiction to social media.

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Yeah, the Samsung problem
Feb 28, 2018 1:15PM PST

was almost entirely promising battery life that couldn't be delivered safely.

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Lithium batteries.
Feb 28, 2018 1:26PM PST

Have a gander on Youtube to see some vids about these things blowing up. Shocked
Dafydd.