« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2018, 07:00:50 PM »
i almost had a horrendous house fire when a tekkeon failed during charging, i wouldnt reccomend then at all. was a 3450, almost unused. kicked into rapid charge, battery case split and it ferociously spewed lithium (i think) smelling gas into my home til i got on a pair of nitriole gloves and was able to get it outside and unplugged
This recently happened to me with an Anker 21000 battery and all I was doing was powering my MixPre-3. Unfortunately, this is lithium-ion cell thing and isn't isolated to Tekkeon batteries.
You know when you go to the PO and they ask you if the package has batteries? Same thing about prohibitions about packing li-ion batteries in a suitcase in your checked luggage on a flight.
This is about lithium-ion cells.Bottom line is it's a best practice to charge your li-ions in a location where they can't start other things on fire, like on the garage floor.
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