If you’ve ever wondered how and why lithium-ion batteries in devices like smartphones and laptops combust, iFixit is here with an explosive video and some accompanying wisdom on safe battery-handling.
Tech writer team lead Arthur Shi and teardown techie Shahram Mokhtari from the DIY electronics repair site got together to stab some iPhones and laptop batteries, and even shot a giant battery with a nail gun – all for science, of course.
The pair’s objective wasn’t only to show how awesome shots of batteries exploding in slow motion looks, but also to demonstrate what they said is a key part of staying safe when working around lithium-ion polymer (li-po) batteries: their charge level.
“The batteries in our electronics tend to grab headlines when…