Hey everyone, Some people have questioned me about these batteries safety. They have assumed because of the high capacity they are some how on the edge and will catch fire at a moments notice.
Well Panasonic says their 3100 batteries will not vent even when shorted out. So I soldered some 14awg copper stranded wire to the battery to see what would happen 
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This certainly looks promising, especially for those with the li-ion fear syndrome like me :)
How is the current limited to such sensible amount? Is it only the protection circuit (but I think this battery is the unprotected version?) or does this battery has a higher internal resistance than most? I think 14 AWG can pass some 30A, so the wire is definitely not the limiting factor here...
How do other batteries react to such test? Care to try for us? :)
I'm not really sure whats going on or why they react the way they do. The resistance is actually pretty low at around 125mOhms. My XTAR 2600's measure around 130mOhms, the Hi-Max around 160mOhms.
After the 1 hour short test the battery only required a little over 1000mAh to fill it back up. And yes these are unprotected batteries. I haven't tried any other batteries yet but I may have to do so when I get some time
Interesting ....
Would love to see a AMP meter in the short circuit to see whats going on , Ive seen 8A+ in a short with a 18650 ..
Very interesting .
I have seen 13.5A in a short on a 16340. You know, those accidents. 1 second...
Yeah , melted a few switches early on doing DIY , and the XP-G was nasty for shorts , got to learn some how to test and test more ..
Cool video. Thanks for that. I definitely wouldn't want to try that at home though. :)