Did you even read the text of that link? In case you didn't:
"Apple carries out a number of iPhone repairs in-store these days, but there is one fault that stores are forbidden from touching, and that’s swollen batteries.
There’s just too high a risk that these will be accidentally punctured during disassembly or removal, and a video of a DIY attempt at replacing a swollen battery in an iPhone 5s provides a graphic illustration of this…
Reddit user tryagainin47seconds posted a video of a coworker attempting to dismantle an iPhone, which burst into flames. The most likely explanation is that the man punctured the battery.
The battery itself appears to have been third-party[+].
Battery had been replaced by coworker who originally owned the phone and he thinks it was faulty equipment. Battery was swelling up when I charged it and he was taking it apart to see what was going on."
[+] -> this is a pretty important detail and my indicate a battery that was not matched well to the charge circuitry leading to an accelerated degradation and/or outright destruction of the cells.
Which pretty much confirms just about everything I wrote above modulo some edge cases that this particular instance did not cover.
Batteries that have swollen outside their design parameters are a lot more risky than those that have not, and that clearly was the issue here.
And it does not say anywhere in that article that 'swollen batteries are not to be used', though - again - you'd be pretty dumb to use batteries that have a pillow shape indicating significant gas development has occurred which most likely has all kinds of negative effects on the state of the laminations and the batteries' ability to keep a charge. But a battery that has expanded a bit can be perfectly safe to operate assuming it is still within design parameters.
Anyway, I'm done with your name calling, have a really nice day and enjoy your safe life without any Lithium tech. Because swell they will, whether you like it or not.
Some more interesting links for people interested in battery tech:
"Apple carries out a number of iPhone repairs in-store these days, but there is one fault that stores are forbidden from touching, and that’s swollen batteries.
There’s just too high a risk that these will be accidentally punctured during disassembly or removal, and a video of a DIY attempt at replacing a swollen battery in an iPhone 5s provides a graphic illustration of this…
Reddit user tryagainin47seconds posted a video of a coworker attempting to dismantle an iPhone, which burst into flames. The most likely explanation is that the man punctured the battery.
The battery itself appears to have been third-party[+].
Battery had been replaced by coworker who originally owned the phone and he thinks it was faulty equipment. Battery was swelling up when I charged it and he was taking it apart to see what was going on."
[+] -> this is a pretty important detail and my indicate a battery that was not matched well to the charge circuitry leading to an accelerated degradation and/or outright destruction of the cells.
Which pretty much confirms just about everything I wrote above modulo some edge cases that this particular instance did not cover.
Batteries that have swollen outside their design parameters are a lot more risky than those that have not, and that clearly was the issue here.
And it does not say anywhere in that article that 'swollen batteries are not to be used', though - again - you'd be pretty dumb to use batteries that have a pillow shape indicating significant gas development has occurred which most likely has all kinds of negative effects on the state of the laminations and the batteries' ability to keep a charge. But a battery that has expanded a bit can be perfectly safe to operate assuming it is still within design parameters.
Anyway, I'm done with your name calling, have a really nice day and enjoy your safe life without any Lithium tech. Because swell they will, whether you like it or not.
Some more interesting links for people interested in battery tech:
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/419408/how-m...
https://batteryuniversity.com/