2x-AA-Batteries-nearly-burnt-my-house-down

[Don McKenzie]

2x-AA-Batteries-nearly-burnt-my-house-down

From the OCAU forum:
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My youngest son is an aspie, who has quite an extensive collection of batteries both old and new, all in the same box,
and I am always warning him of the fire danger of them, particularly the 9v batts. Nasty beasties.

Today we were part way through assembling on of those electro-mechanical balsa dinosaurs that dickies sell, that had
been given to him for his birthday, when we had to stop. I pile all the gear back into the box, but unbeknowst to me, he
had loaded a couple of frest batts into the battery box. The ends of the bare wires shorted together inside the box, and
as I was tidying up in the lounge, I started to smell the burning as they started to burn their way through the
cardboard box. Luckily I worked out what it was and was able to get the batt box out and seperate the leads.

Could have been quite nasty if we had not been in the room, so never ever underestimate the short circuit delivery power
of a couple of AA cell batteries.

Read the full thread at:
http://x2t.com/2x-AA-Batteries-nearly-burnt-my-house-down

Cheers Don...

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[Clocky]

Don McKenzie wrote:

2x-AA-Batteries-nearly-burnt-my-house-down

From the OCAU forum:
==================

My youngest son is an aspie, who has quite an extensive collection of
batteries both old and new, all in the same box, and I am always
warning him of the fire danger of them, particularly the 9v batts.
Nasty beasties.

I'm curious, if there was a recognised fire hazard risk, why let it continue
to exist by keeping all the batteries in one box?

 

[me here]

terryc wrote:

On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:38 +0800, Clocky wrote:

I'm curious, if there was a recognised fire hazard risk, why let it
continue to exist by keeping all the batteries in one box?

My 2c guess "My youngest son is an aspie," They can be fixed in
their ways. The real problem was piling wires in on top.

It's amazing how hot batteries can get on a full bore discharge.

I once charged up a half dead lithium iron battery I was about to
dispose of, and then dead shorted it by pushing it intu a "U" shaped
piece of aluminium strip to see how it handled it.

This was about the time of the flaming Dell laptop saga and I was
curious to see what sort of hazard a dead short could be.

Within 10 seconds the 1.5 volt AA was so hot the paint started to
blister on the casing.

I stopped it then as I considered it may explode - makes a full battery
pack sound deadly.

Certainly some power in batteries, even small ones.

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[terryc]

On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:38 +0800, Clocky wrote:

I'm curious, if there was a recognised fire hazard risk, why let it
continue to exist by keeping all the batteries in one box?

My 2c guess "My youngest son is an aspie," They can be fixed in their
ways. The real problem was piling wires in on top.

 

[Barry]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:48:43 +0000 (UTC), terryc
<newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote:

On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:38 +0800, Clocky wrote:

I'm curious, if there was a recognised fire hazard risk, why let it
continue to exist by keeping all the batteries in one box?

My 2c guess "My youngest son is an aspie," They can be fixed in their
ways. The real problem was piling wires in on top.

What is an aspie?

 

[Rod Speed]

Barry wrote

terryc <newsninespam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote
Clocky wrote:

I'm curious, if there was a recognised fire hazard risk, why
let it continue to exist by keeping all the batteries in one box?

My 2c guess "My youngest son is an aspie," They can be fixed
in their ways. The real problem was piling wires in on top.

What is an aspie?

Someone with Aspergers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

 

[atec77]

On 10/09/2010 10:29 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

What is an aspie?
Rod Speed is a prize example

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me here wrote:

I stopped it then as I considered it may explode - makes a full battery
pack sound deadly.

Charged capacitors are worse.

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[Amigo]

"atec77" <atec77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 10/09/2010 10:29 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
What is an aspie?
Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.

He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run
assessments,
and achieves quite high marks in everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his
peers.
He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer
literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved in
research,
academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

 

[Rod Speed]

Amigo wrote

atec77 <atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run assessments, and achieves quite high marks in
everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his peers.

I dont. The most I do is put the boot in when some fool trys to bullshit its way out of its predicament.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

 

[atec77]

On 11/09/2010 10:51 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

Amigo wrote
atec77<atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run assessments, and achieves quite high marks in
everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his peers.

I dont have the ability to have more than dead raccoon as a peer . The most I do is take the boot in when some bloke rips me a new one , a daily occurrence.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

you are however overtaken by a natural ability to be the class fuckwitt
every waking moment

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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Amigo wrote
atec77 <atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. He is
only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run
assessments, and achieves quite high marks in everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his
peers.

I dont. The most I do is put the boot in when some fool trys to bullshit
its way out of its predicament.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer
literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur
infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

No but your rellies have Hamburgers Syndrome, related to a meat head...

 

[Rod Speed]

SG1 wrote

Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Amigo wrote
atec77 <atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.
He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run assessments, and achieves quite high marks
in everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his peers.

I dont. The most I do is put the boot in when some fool trys to
bullshit its way out of its predicament.

Like you.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

No but your rellies have Hamburgers Syndrome, related to a meat head...

Any 2 year old could leave that for dead.

Get one to help you before posting again, if anyone is
actually stupid enough to let you anywhere near one.

 

[atec77]

On 11/09/2010 4:45 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

SG1 wrote
Rod Speed<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Amigo wrote
atec77<atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.
He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university run assessments, and achieves quite high marks
in everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to his peers.

I dont. The most I do is put the boot in when some fool trys to
bullshit its way out of its predicament.

Like you.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

No but your rellies have Hamburgers Syndrome, related to a meat head...

Any 2 year old could leave that for dead.

Get one to help you before posting again, if anyone is
actually stupid enough to let you anywhere near one.


As usual woddles in completely failing to defend himself and being

ripped a new one flapped his arms protesting loudly and screaming

"˙ou are not fair"



""save me mummy save me""

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[Andy]

Rod Speed wrote:

Amigo wrote

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Complete and utter bullshit.

As always.

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[Rod Speed]

Andy wrote:

Rod Speed wrote
Amigo wrote

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur infamy.

Complete and utter bullshit.

Nope, read
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZtFdPgAACAAJ&dq=%22martin+bryant%22&hl=en&ei=IbSLTOCcFIWjccDPwa0E&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg
particularly the bits about his problems with english in school etc.

 

[SG1]

"atec77" <atec77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 11/09/2010 4:45 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
SG1 wrote
Rod Speed<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
Amigo wrote
atec77<atec77@hotmail.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

What is an aspie?

Rod Speed is a prize example

I have a young son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.
He is only very mildly affected.

He has achieved marks in the top 3% in math in the state university
run assessments, and achieves quite high marks
in everything except English.

One of the features he demonstrates is a very judgemental attitude to
his peers.

I dont. The most I do is put the boot in when some fool trys to
bullshit its way out of its predicament.

Like you.

He can be very focused on issues of interest and is extremely computer
literate.

Asperger traits are evident in many very intelligent people involved
in research, academia and other high intelligence quotient areas.

Yes, but it can also produce some like Martin Bryant of Port Arthur
infamy.

Take it as a compliment, Rod Speed, as it should be taken.

I dont have Aspergers, even very mildly.

No but your rellies have Hamburgers Syndrome, related to a meat head...

Any 2 year old could leave that for dead.

Get one to help you before posting again, if anyone is
actually stupid enough to let you anywhere near one.


As usual woddles in completely failing to defend himself and being ripped
a new one flapped his arms protesting loudly and screaming

"˙ou are not fair"



""save me mummy save me""

It was something new, an original thought, Roddles can't answer original
thought & never had one. But we still love him, and appreciate his help in
fixing computers even if it was not a "bad cap."

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