This battery... for the technical minded among you, it's an alkaline battery, 9 volt battery, it's the type with two connectors on top, a rectangular cuboid. Sorry I can't think of the term for this type of battery.
Anyway, I sustained a fall, and the battery was in my pocket, along with my mobile phone, on the side that hit the ground.
Pretty soon after, the battery became hotter and hotter until I had to take it out of my pocket. It was actually too hot to handle when I took it out. Out of the pocket, it is still hot, but not as hot as it was. Could anyone explain about the increased heat? was it the shock of the impact, OR the close contact with my mobile phone, battery type BL-5C?
Thanks.
2007-09-03 09:00:22 · 5 answers · asked by Balaboo 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The battery probably short circuited (shorted) and started draining power. Do to a thing called "internal resistance" batteries get hot when they drain faster than they should. You can check to see if the battery is still good - if not its a pretty good indication it was shorted.
You can recreate the experience with a new batter and connecting to top connectors with apeice of metal, like aluminum foil. Be careful, hot batteries can leak or explode!
2007-09-07 07:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by SWEngr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you take the pos. and neg. side of the battery and conect the 2 the battery will get hot...it may have come into contact with a metal peice and shorted...time to throw it..they can actually burst into flame.
2007-09-03 16:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was an internal short circuit.
The battery released all its electrical
energy in a short time and converted
that energy to heat.
2007-09-03 18:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Irv S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably an internal short circuit.
2007-09-03 18:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by monsewer icks 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it shorted... the contacts closed and conducted , on metal?
keys?
2007-09-03 18:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by mike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋