Elect. Guru help

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

Greg, your right. LION batteries produce heat as they discharge. The faster the discharge rate, the greater the heat produced (enough to melt right through a plastic kayak (recall the airline issues not that long ago)

bad example, heat was not the issue for the airline, the issue was the gases emitted by the batteries not being able to be vented properly as the box containing them was too small. which caused a small less then 1 inch blue flame to be produced.