That sucks, you'd think people would be really careful when charging them.
[quote]Last year UK consumer protection agency National Trading Standards found that 88% of the self-balancing boards they examined could explode or catch fire.[/quote]
whelp, I hope they never let these on airplanes
[QUOTE=Saxon;49457294]whelp, I hope they never let these on airplanes[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://fusion.net/story/250086/airplane-hoverboard-ban-list/"]they don't[/URL]
[QUOTE=Trixil;49457307][URL="http://fusion.net/story/250086/airplane-hoverboard-ban-list/"]they don't[/URL][/QUOTE]
Holy crap, these peoples panties are so twisted that they can't bring their "hoverboard" on an aircraft.
These people should be confined to just ground travel since flying in the air is far too much for them to comprehend.
I really enjoy seeing Russel Crowe being such a little bitch. Pretty much every major airline has banned this potential lithium bomb. Lets hope he just sticks to trains and busses. He clearly doesn't understand simple concepts like the planets revolve around the sun, and no one revolves around Russel Crowe. Let alone how a fire at 40,000ft is not a good situation to be in.
[QUOTE=Saxon;49457294]whelp, I hope they never let these on airplanes[/QUOTE]
I knew those things were trouble. Never trusted them since I first saw 'em.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;49457272]That sucks, you'd think people would be really careful when charging them.[/QUOTE]
Watched a teardown of one and the chargers recharge the batteries unbalanced.
Its important for the type of batteries they use for each cell to be the same voltage or it leads to overloading or overcharging of cells making them catch fire
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;49457272]That sucks, you'd think people would be really careful when charging them.[/QUOTE]
You've never handled high capacity lithium based batteries have you.
You look at them funny they go all FUCK YOU I DO WHAT I WANT and explode all over everything
[QUOTE=Cmx;49458153]Watched a teardown of one and the chargers recharge the batteries unbalanced.
Its important for the type of batteries they use for each cell to be the same voltage or it leads to overloading or overcharging of cells making them catch fire[/QUOTE]
I know that, I meant charging them outside or in a garage away from easily flammable objects.
[QUOTE=viperfan7;49458191]You've never handled high capacity lithium based batteries have you.
You look at them funny they go all FUCK YOU I DO WHAT I WANT and explode all over everything[/QUOTE]
I have a quite a few 18650s for my flashlights, but if a certain thing is known to catch fire then surely it would be wise to not charge them in a bedroom unattended.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;49458207]I know that, I meant charging them outside or in a garage away from easily flammable objects.[/QUOTE]
I charge lipos in an ammo can, but mine aren't really meant for this kind of thing
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;49457338]Holy crap, these peoples panties are so twisted that they can't bring their "hoverboard" on an aircraft.
These people should be confined to just ground travel since flying in the air is far too much for them to comprehend.
I really enjoy seeing Russel Crowe being such a little bitch. Pretty much every major airline has banned this potential lithium bomb. Lets hope he just sticks to trains and busses. He clearly doesn't understand simple concepts like the planets revolve around the sun, and no one revolves around Russel Crowe. Let alone how a fire at 40,000ft is not a good situation to be in.[/QUOTE]
Lithium batteries on their own brought down an aircraft before (A 747) and is why the FAA restricted how they're carried on passenger flights. Why is it a surprise that this big ass battery with enough energy stored to take your 200lb ass 15 miles and is known to start fires isn't allowed on planes. Russel Crowe needs to sack up
"Hoverboard"
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49458742]Lithium batteries on their own brought down an aircraft before (A 747) and is why the FAA restricted how they're carried on passenger flights. Why is it a surprise that this big ass battery with enough energy stored to take your 200lb ass 15 miles and is known to start fires isn't allowed on planes. Russel Crowe needs to sack up[/QUOTE]
I don't know. They freaked out when the 787 had to make an emergency landing due its batteries catching fire.
But now people are bashing airlines because they're not allowing their hoverboard on board. If I was a CEO of one of these airlines, I would tell Russel Crowe to get to his destination on the hoverboard.
Flying is far too difficult for these people to comprehend.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49458742]Lithium batteries on their own brought down an aircraft before (A 747) and is why the FAA restricted how they're carried on passenger flights. Why is it a surprise that this big ass battery with enough energy stored to take your 200lb ass 15 miles and is known to start fires isn't allowed on planes. Russel Crowe needs to sack up[/QUOTE]
I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to take it in your carry-on like all other devices that contain Lithium Ion batteries.
[QUOTE=Cold;49459527]I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to take it in your carry-on like all other devices that contain Lithium Ion batteries.[/QUOTE]
Because normal devices that have a Lithium Ion battery have smaller ones compared to the one a Hoverboard uses. Infact, there are still some airplane companies like Southwest that have okayed them depending on its battery size.
[QUOTE=Cold;49459527]I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to take it in your carry-on like all other devices that contain Lithium Ion batteries.[/QUOTE]
IIRC, if it goes in the under carriage, it needs to be removed from the device. For example, laptop batteries.
Small devices, which are typically only containing a few amps/volts of power are considered managable. The hoverboard actually uses a pretty large battery. Multiple cells carrying over 4V each. When they catch fire, run.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;49459987]IIRC, if it goes in the under carriage, it needs to be removed from the device. For example, laptop batteries.
Small devices, which are typically only containing a few amps/volts of power are considered managable. The hoverboard actually uses a pretty large battery. Multiple cells carrying over 4V each. When they catch fire, run.[/QUOTE]
Also mobile phones have always followed some very strict safety guidelines due to the fact a phone exploding or burning at a explosive rate in a pocket is incredibly harmful to whoever's unlucky that day.
And since pretty much all tablets are made by phone manufacturers, they most likely follow same guidelines out of habit from the engineers.
Not to mention laptop battery packs have complex safeguarding circuitry to prevent one of the cell banks coupled in series to be overcharged or overdischarged, and thus avoiding lithium fire/explosion (well unless cheapass Chinese copy.
MEANWHILE it seems like these "hoverboards" are made as cheaply as possible in order to remain competitive when it comes to pricing in order to cash in on this fad as fast and as much as possible.
Wasn't there a country recently not long before Christmas where the customs just upped and stopped all the incoming packages with a few types of these just because of the danger for this to happen?
[QUOTE=Cold;49459527]I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to take it in your carry-on like all other devices that contain Lithium Ion batteries.[/QUOTE]
Because other things with lithium cells are regulated out the ass to make sure all cells are charged evenly and properly.
How many instances of "laptop/smartphone/ipod EXPLODED and person is in hospital"
Sure, it happens.
Now how many are there for these "swagways"?
[editline]5th January 2016[/editline]
Okay, doing some research, if you have a legit, genuine "Swagway", you'll find its a solid device. Disassembly shows a Samsung Li-Ion cell pack, a dedicated charge balancer, everything is glued down, it looks like its [I]over[/I]engineered to prevent fires.
The issue is coming from the fact that everyone and their mother is making these things, so there is next to no regulation across models. You can get them from aliexpress, ebay, and every single shopping mall in america. The cheaper you find them, the more likely they are to just fucking explode. Simple enough. Except people are fucking stupid and think they're all the same.
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