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My rev.E 12" pb...EXPLODED

Don't touch that thing. BATTERY ACID. let the apple techs take care of it, and be prepared for lots of gawking when you take it in.
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i would bring in the laptop and toss it on the desk in front of your teacher and be like...here's my english paper. if you want it, dig through the battery acid...
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Not that I want to nit-pick but since these are Lithium-Ion batteries, I don't think there is any acidic material in the battery. (They store energy by being one electron short(?) and not by a chemical reaction.)
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If your grade 11 chemistry was like mine you might recall an experiment with throwing a chunk of potassium or Lithium into a beaker of water. These oxidize so rapidly they sputter, smoke (and in the case of Lithium) ignite on top of the water. I recall the chunks of lithium had to be kept in a jar of mineral oil because contact with the air could be all it needed to start oxidizing :eek:. I bet battery explosions like this happen when the battery heats up too much and breaks through the casing, then when it comes in contact with the open air/moisture you get that rapid oxidization... which burns away more casing exposing more Lithium and so on till the battery goes boom! (Take this explanation with a grain of salt... I haven't taken a chemistry course since grade 11! ;) )
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At any rate I hope Apple replaces the laptop, but this is a great reminder to watch out for those recalls!
 
Raid said:
Not that I want to nit-pick but since these are Lithium-Ion batteries, I don't think there is any acidic material in the battery. (They store energy by being one electron short(?) and not by a chemical reaction.)
<warning science content!>
If your grade 11 chemistry was like mine you might recall an experiment with throwing a chunk of potassium or Lithium into a beaker of water. These oxidize so rapidly they sputter, smoke (and in the case of Lithium) ignite on top of the water. I recall the chunks of lithium had to be kept in a jar of mineral oil because contact with the air could be all it needed to start oxidizing :eek:. I bet battery explosions like this happen when the battery heats up too much and breaks through the casing, then when it comes in contact with the open air/moisture you get that rapid oxidization... which burns away more casing exposing more Lithium and so on till the battery goes boom! (Take this explanation with a grain of salt... I haven't taken a chemistry course since grade 11! ;) )
</warning science content!>

At any rate I hope Apple replaces the laptop, but this is a great reminder to watch out for those recalls!
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The one bad thing about lithium... As soon as it touches oxygen... BAM!
 
Since you have to send it back to apple from watching judge judy and the like i would take a lot of pictures just incase you do have to go to court.
What happened with your essay? Did your teacher understand?
 
Actually reminds me of when my brothers first Mac (eMac) went up in smoke the first time we plugged it in, when we spoke to Apple they wanted to know about any peripheral damage such as smoke damage, damage to furniture etc etc.

So yeah, you'll want to be asking for a new table as well. ;)
 
puckhead193 said:
Since you have to send it back to apple from watching judge judy and the like i would take a lot of pictures just incase you do have to go to court.
What happened with your essay? Did your teacher understand?
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I took a ton of pictures, I didnt post all of them here but the rest are on flickr.

I skipped the class. lol. I thought I shouldnt even bother and so I stayed home....and wrote the essay again.
 
jakochampolska said:
I took a ton of pictures, I didnt post all of them here but the rest are on flickr.

I skipped the class. lol. I thought I shouldnt even bother and so I stayed home....and wrote the essay again.
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WHAT?!?! You had a GREAT excuse! Why did you do it again?

Sure it may have been awkward to say "my laptop blew up" But when they didn't believe you, all you'd have to do is bring it in....:)

Fun.:D
 
Cassie said:


WHAT?!?! You had a GREAT excuse! Why did you do it again?

Sure it may have been awkward to say "my laptop blew up" But when they didn't believe you, all you'd have to do is bring it in....:)

Fun.:D
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lol I would, but the thing is....I've had a "past" with my english teacher and well, lets just say, she wont be trusting me with anything anytime soon ;)
 
iGav said:
Actually reminds me of when my brothers first Mac (eMac) went up in smoke the first time we plugged it in, when we spoke to Apple they wanted to know about any peripheral damage such as smoke damage, damage to furniture etc etc.

So yeah, you'll want to be asking for a new table as well. ;)
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That's a good point and something to remember if there's any extra damage.
 
i had a dell laptop that had a battery that had a recall, only hey didnt tell me about it through email or post, so i found out like 6 months afterwards, so i phoned them up and some retard said i was no longer eligible to get a free replacement that i would need to pay, so i asked for supervisor and eventually they just sent me two batteries for free lol. :p

ne nu wats the latest dude?
 
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et les photos:

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VIVA LA APPLE COMPUTERS!
 
Holy crap...that's incredible.

You should make them replace your tray-table too ;)

Yeah, I'd imagine Apple will be all over this and will replace your computer with a new one. I've never seen anything like that. Best of luck getting all this resolved!

*EDIT*

Okay I'm dumb...servers me right for not realizing this thread was four pages long.
Congrats!
 
Very nice!! What are the specs of your new mbp? I am very glad that it all worked out for you...It is nice to hear some good Apple stories :D
 
Awesome. Glad Apple was willing to go this route with you, and also that you didn't have the thing on your lap when it went off. Yikes.
 
Nice. Now lets try and fake mine doing the same. Little plastic explosive under it and we have a busted laptop
 
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