From what I’ve seen some people say about their flashlight explosions, most of the time the pill is ejected through the reflector, sending chards of fire into the room. It would take a seriously overbuilt head to keep the pressure contained enough to incur body fragmentation—the metal tube shredded and dispersed as rapidly moving shrapnel.
Had not heard of this. I thought it was called the Chevy Volt…
Anyway, there is a new kind of battery chemistry in the works. Prototypes have already been developed. It’s solid state lithium. No liquid, no paste. You can cut it with a knife and no incineration. Once these are perfected enough for car power cell usage, these fire hazard problems will be vanquished.
Yes, If a lithium cell exploded in a flashlight, then indeed it would blow the light apart. It would be a Bad Day.
Most quality cells have over pressure vents that will open if the internal temperature goes up due to any of the various failure scenarios; venting should prevent an explosion.
I remember reading the story (mightta been on CPF) about a guy whose light went supernova as he was carrying it, blew out the front glass and reflector, and shards from same ended up in his leg/foot.
Not Fun.
I had an incident back in my teens with dads car (’70s Ventura/Sprint). Stomped on the loud pedal to get onto the main drag from a parking garage, pedal got hooked under the floor mat, and I’m rocketting towards the cars in front of me stuck at a light.
Bam! Shift into neutral, reach down, yank back the entire floor mat, and hit the brakes. Over and done in like 2-3sec. Shiite, even I was impressed how well I handled that.
Interesting about the Bolt. Let it burn itself out, eventually, like those Pennsylvania coal mines.
A true Diesel Runaway has nothing to do with a stuck throttle cable
It is a scary thing to behold…. and depending on the size of the Diesel engine can be downright frightening!! Especially if you cannot stop it & it runs until meltdown……
I’m thinking if a flash is gonna go Bikini Atoll at least it can turn into a rocket first then explode harmlessly in the atmosphere. That’s why I’m open to drilling a hole in the tail.
I remember a post on cpf many years ago where a guys light,(probably a Surefire) running 2 cr123 started making a whining noise and he pulled it out of it’s holster and it was extremely hot. He no sooner set the light down on the counter when it exploded blowing out the end and sending the light flying through the air like a missile where it hit a sliding glass door shattering the glass and putting a huge dent in the frame of the door. So a light might not blow up like a pipe bomb but fly through the air like a missile.
On any car with an automatic transmission built within the last few decades and beyond you can turn the key off (while driving) and the steering wheel is not going to lock unless you put the transmission in park and then turn the switch even further to the position where you can remove the key. If you’re on a highway you can steer to the side without issue without power steering fairly easily with two hands. You can get a couple of pumps of the brakes. But don’t pump them, just step on it and don’t let go. You can also just pop it in neutral and the computer is not going to let the engine rev beyond a very safe level. Some cars today won’t go much over 3,000 RPM in neutral. With push button starters you often need to hold the button down for three seconds or press it 3 times on some vehicles if you are in Drive. You should experiment with all of these methods with your foot to the floor at various speeds. Again the steering wheel will not lock. You won’t hurt anything with any of the above. And you can restart the car while still rolling in neutral at any speed if you want to bail out of any of your experiments.
