[SADXA] Dell laptop exploded in ham shack this morning

[Darrel]

Ouch.  Small consolation to say that it could have been much worse and 
maybe burned the house down.  Lucky that you were there to deal with it.

The only significant explosion I have experienced, so far, was a few 
years ago with a Nicad inside an FT857 that exploded - the power socket 
inside the rig had shorted out, shorting the internal battery.  It blew 
the metal side off the rig.  No other damage done beyond the rig, but it 
certainly was a big "bang".

Good luck,
      cheers,
          Darrel, aa7fv.

On 10/22/2022 11:00, D Dismachek via SADXA wrote:
> One of the lithium batteries blew up. Created enough power that it 
> rocked the doors in the house. I ran into my shack and saw flames 
> coming from the Dell. Quickly unplugged all wires and ran it outside. 
> Used kitchen extinguisher to put it out.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 22, 2022, at 10:32, ted at teddowning.com wrote:
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>>  Wow! Pictures. What happened?
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>> Ted Downing
>> www.TedDowning.com
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>>> On Oct 22, 2022, at 7:18 AM, D Dismachek via SADXA 
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>>> Was about to get on the air when I heard an explosion from the kitchen!
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