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Safe with lithium

Battery safety: In Germany there is a discussion brewing about the safety of storage systems. However, it is also possible to operate them safely.

By

Michael Fuhs

07 Aug 2013

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Anyone looking to see nice fireworks only has to enter the terms “lithium”, “battery” and “explosion” on YouTube where there are a myriad of films of bursting lithium batteries. That there is the threat of an image problem should have become clear when Boeing’s Dreamliner was grounded because of burning batteries. The question is whether …

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