I almost set my pants on fire tonight...(SECRET REVEALED)

[MrsSunshine]

i'd just change the battery .. lol..call the firedepartment and go outside.. if you smelled something..but you said you were driving.. ? im trying. but.. man...your good at mysteries.

[Natalka]

Oh, gosh, my head hurts now, I can't figure this out.

(In real life, my husband's car's dashboard once started on fire, and the stupid fool put it out with his fargin' bare hands - poor baby, it was just horrid, they had a black coating on them like hotdogs you leave in the fire too long... )

So I was worried about you being in a fire, but you are okay....

[Natalka]

Your pants were made of corduroy, and you rubbed your thighs too fast together..... lol!

[avoncallingu]

Thanks, Natalka - yes, I'm ok - but I was scared at the time - it seems funny now - but this post is a "Heads Up". Yes, I DID take the battery out of the $%^& beeping fire alarm in the kitchen.

[MrsSunshine]

wait.. did u have hot firemen rescue you .... out of your car or something.. oh just say yes and make my day

[avoncallingu]

Oh, Mrs. Sunshine! I used to buy the "Firefighter" Calendar quite regularly until I met my dh! Still look up when I hear those sirens! But no - no one to the rescue but me!

[avoncallingu]

Ok! I've tortured you long enough!

I took the battery out of the failing smoke detector but we didn't have any to replace it with so
I popped it into the pocket of my ski jacket to remind me to buy some more! That was last Friday -

I bought the new batteries and put them into the smoke detector but forgot about the battery in my pocket.

I put on the seatbelt and started to drive.

Well, in about five minutes I started to feel something hot around my waist.
I checked it out and felt the shape of the battery and it was really hot!

I couldn't touch it directly!

So I pulled off into a mall and had to flip the pocket inside out. A quarter was also really hot. So what had happened was that the quarter had pressed against the terminals of the battery and closed the circuit. I picked up the VERY HOT battery with some napkins and dumped it into a sewer grate. Then I had to pick up the quarter with a napkin as well and put it into the coin holder. (I was afraid it might catch the seat cover on fire!)

So - ladies and gentlemen - do NOT just toss "old" batteries in the garbage (or your pocket)! It really CAN get hot enough to start a fire!

[Natalka]

OMG how fargin' scary! Who the heck would think such a thing could happen - it's so seemingly random!

What size of battery was it?

[avoncallingu]

It was a D - the rectangular one that fits into the smoke alarm with 2 "posts" on it.

[vesper]

Incredible!

[lilo0003]

omg, I am terrible about putting a battery in my pocket. We recycle them so I put them in my pocket on my way to the container that holds the old batteries. Thanks for the warning I am glad it turned out OK & thanks for the giggles with everyones guessing.

[miztia]

that happened to me too a couple of months ago!! I had 2 AAA batteries in my pocket, and walking out of a store, I felt something really really hot. I couldnt touch them so I flicked them out of my pocket onto the pavement. I thought they were going to blow up!!
I couldnt imagine driving at the time, they get so hot! Glad you were able to pull over safely!

[avoncallingu]

Yes, Miztia - I thought it might blow up, too - that's why I flipped it into the sewer. It was raining hard so that the sewer was running with water. I thought that would cool it off fast.

[LovelyLaeticia]

Wow! Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that possible!

[Darth Penguin]

LiPo rechargable batteries can blow pretty quickly too.



They are used mainly in RC hobbies .

And some of the Garmin Nuvi GPS were recalled due to faulty batteries.

Personally, I though avoncallingu must be so incredibly sexy that her clothes were incapable of containing her hotness..