Battery charging

[OlderThanDirt]

A couple of years ago over 30 people died in a fire on a dive boat off the channel islands.

Causation was attributed to cell phone and laptop batteries CHARGING OVERNIGHT.

Since that time, I NEVER charge batteries overnight. And always place chargers on a fireproof tile surface in the kitchen without any wall cabinets over them.

JM2c

Okay, so what about laptops left in docking stations? There are probably millions of them in office buildings at any given time.

I am not doubting that overcharging laptops caused the fire on that boat if that's what the investigation says but just think about how many phones and laptops and other electronic devices are left charging overnight or for days at a time not only in America but across the globe and there haven't been big reports of the vast majority of them causing fires. Yes I've seen videos of modified vape pens exploding or catching fire in someone's pocket but if this was a common occurrence I think we would know about it. But that's just like my opinion man.

And back to the thread topic answer....
It's an Apple product so they will download the proper software that will shorten your battery life, when They think it's appropriate. Like they got busted doing before.

That whole Apple iPhone Scandal battery shortening even has a name now... Batterygate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batterygate

But I'm sure they've learned their lesson.



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I doubt that the fire was caused by a laptop or phone. The Conception, like most of the older dive boats in the area, was never wired to accommodate the large number of devices that require charging on multi-day trips. People are also charging camera, strobe, dive light and dive computer batteries. Many of these devices accommodate cheap Chinese aftermarket batteries and chargers that have undergone far less testing than cell phones and laptops. The power on the dive boats isn't the cleanest either, and the charging station tends to be overloaded with extra power strips and devices. Most of these batteries are designed to be charged at a certain load in terms of volts and amps, but people don't normally pay attention to that minor detail.