April 17th, 2009 | 
Author: Here's a controlled demonstration of a Li-Ion battery pack exploding while it is in a laptop computer. This failure was caused by the heat of the electric griddle, but such laptop battery fires could also result from a bad battery pack or battery cells, a faulty PC or battery pack protection circuit, or a the application of a traumatic force to the battery pack.
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Of course it caught on fire, it was running MS Vista. Actually, this is a pretty informative demonstration because I’ve always wondered what a laptop battery fire or explosion looked like. The electric griddle seemed a little extreme, but I guess it was required to trigger the event.
Of course it caught on fire…he was running Vista.
Thanks for the great video. Now I know why the airlines won’t let you put laptops or spare batteries in storage with your luggage.
Man…that video was certainly worth watching. I wonder if that was an OEM or a replacement laptop battery that exploded. I guess that’s and example of the Big Bang Theory! BOOM!!!
This video was certainly worth watching. I give it two thumbs up.
Just be glad that it was not your computer and that it was in your lap at the time that it caught fire. I think that the guy’s going to need to shop for replacement laptop batteries.
It looks to me like that guy was playing a war sim game and a shell just hit the ground. I guess some replacement laptop batteries are not as good as others.
I hope those guys have a fan in there because it sure got pretty smoky. I guess all replacement laptop batteries aren’t created equal.