Lithium battery goes up in smoke at Gainesville….

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by Eric Merryfield

Their argument was it was a crutch for substandard cells

Whoever they were, I'll try to be polite and just say they were totally incorrect. Even the best cells in a batch from the best manufacturers are subject to the laws of thermodynamics and physics. If they are abused as described above, they will fail the same as any other.