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Old Aug 28, 2012 | 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by Flahusky
Now if you are talking about the silly USPS ban on li-ion batteries:
It's not silly.

The problem is that lithium batteries have a very low internal resistance.

The result is that if something shorts one it can produce enough heat to start a fire.
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