This is a non-issue. No switch is going to prevent a fire in the kinds of problems that caused the Sony batteries to fail. The problem was with contamination of metal pieces in the manufacturing process, which could cause a short-circuit within the battery itself- essentially causing a heat-building short-cicuit within the battery. No external switch, thermal or otherwise will prevent a short like this.
Only quality control at the manufacting plant, or maybe a redesign would prevent this in the future.
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Phace @ Sep 21st 2006 11:01AM
This is a non-issue. No switch is going to prevent a fire in the kinds of problems that caused the Sony batteries to fail. The problem was with contamination of metal pieces in the manufacturing process, which could cause a short-circuit within the battery itself- essentially causing a heat-building short-cicuit within the battery. No external switch, thermal or otherwise will prevent a short like this.
Only quality control at the manufacting plant, or maybe a redesign would prevent this in the future.