BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Fire Safety Research Institute wants to let the public know about fire safety hazards caused by batteries. Many new technology devices have lithium-powered batteries, which if ...
Overheating batteries are a serious risk, in the worst cases leading to fires and explosion. A team has now developed a simple, cost-effective method to test the safety of lithium-ion batteries, which ...
When the forecast hints at a sharp overnight freeze, your margin for error shrinks fast. A focused winter safety check, done before temperatures plunge, can be the difference between a quiet morning ...
A new tool developed by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services is helping to identify when a fire is caused by a lithium-ion battery. The Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Investigative Checklist ...
While a typical 18650 commercial, rechargeable lithium-ion battery has an energy capacity of around 2,800 milliampere hours (mAh), the miniature cylindrical pouch-type cells have a capacity of just 20 ...