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Why your laptop battery won’t kill you

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NEW YORK (AP) — News on Tuesday that major U.S. airlines are no longer going to ship powerful lithium-ion batteries might lead some to fret about the safety of their personal electronic devices.

A kitchen grease fire or drunk driver is more likely to harm you than the battery powering your laptop, iPhone or Kindle.

The concern for airlines is that many of these batteries — more than you would ever have in your home — are tightly packed together when shipped. How many? More than 5,000 in a single container. If there were to be a fire, the fear is that it would quickly spread in a chain reaction and could incapacitate a plane faster than the pilots could safely land it.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/why-your-laptop-battery-wont-kill-you/6172/

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