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7 Replies Last post: Feb 24, 2008 6:38 PM by chocolatesandwichcookies

PCWorld

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Aug 1, 2007

Feb 22, 2008 6:20 PM

Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

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RNR19952

378 posts since
Mar 7, 2007

1. Feb 23, 2008 12:43 PM

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Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

I thought they only blew up when charging?
How can discharging make them blow up?

snorg

1,651 posts since
Nov 28, 2007

2. Feb 23, 2008 2:51 PM

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Re: Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

Charging does not make them blow up.
Discharging does not make them blow up.

They only blow up if they get too hot.

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mpheadley

96 posts since
Jun 19, 2007

3. Feb 23, 2008 3:33 PM

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Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

Not just laptop batteries, but any battery of this type. It's also playing havoc with traveling videographers as they too need lots of batteries to power the cameras and lights. I can unfortunately see rental businesses starting to pop up.

BlackFireNova

2 posts since
Feb 23, 2008

4. Feb 23, 2008 4:21 PM

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Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

Since the airlines are into DVD screens, and in flight cellular, why not provide a jack for in-flight laptop power? I would imagine for the major laptop brands it wouldn't be hard to come up with a blank that would fool the laptop into thinking a battery was there. It would probably require an adaptor, but we all carry a zillion of those anyway, what's one more?

voyagerfan5761

57 posts since
Oct 17, 2006

5. Feb 23, 2008 4:34 PM

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Re: Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

I don't know about you, but my Dell I used a few years ago would run just fine with or without a battery in it. I'd test the one I'm using now, but the power jack is unreliable at the moment and I don't want to risk an abrupt power loss. I'm pretty sure this one (a Gateway) is the same way, though.

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Adama

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Sep 7, 2007

6. Feb 23, 2008 4:47 PM

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Re: Will the FAA Ban Laptop Batteries?

I think that if you take your laptop with you when you go on a trip, your laptop and your battery will be fine.

I seem to remember that a few years ago you used to have to take your battery out of your laptop, before you put your laptop through the XRay machine. I wonder if you still have to do that... ?????