it’s just kinda a messy drawer of batteries/screwdrivers/IKEA assembly tools/etc. We’ve had it for like 15 years and it’s never been an issue but I saw a tiktok video of a lithium battery exploding and it made me realize, there’s a lot of potential energy in one drawer and idk if I’m taking the necessary safety precautions 😅
idk a lot about how batteries work, but like are they at risk of turning into a pillow and fireball like lithium ion ones?
Only thing I’m worried about, is the multimeter of it doesn’t have right angled connectors.
The danger rating to any person in your household being harmed by the batteries in this drawer is about on the same level as receiving an electric shock from your TV while sitting on your sofa.
As long as you don’t leave it open like that. Otherwise it could be a tripping hazard or you could get a bad bruise grin running into it.
If that’s not lithium batteries, I think it’s “ok”.
Still just in case, you should probably remove the tools that are in this drawer 😀
Unless those 9 volts are individually wrapped, I wouldn’t put the screwdriver that close to them. Other than that, it looks fine to me, someone who barely knows more than average about batteries.
The key is to ensure that you store any “pouch” lithium batteries away from everything else, and preferably in an airtight container and drained to 20% power.
Dry cell batteries (like the ones in your picture) should be stored in glass or plastic, so if the corrosive electrolytes leak out, they don’t damage anything else; you just have to recycle all the batteries the electrolytes touched.
If you are creative enough anything can be dangerous, friend.
How many batteries could you swallow before you died from it?
It’s fine. Even if they were lithium batteries —still fine. See battery manufacturers actually design batteries specifically so that they don’t fail catastrophically (🤯 crazy right?) but it’s true. Turns out they have whole-ass warehouses full of them.
Obviously it’s possible for lithium batteries to fail catastrophically, but this isn’t a typical failure mode. Generally catastrophic failures happen when a battery is damaged and or under load.
Typical household batteries are not as energy dense as EV batteries. And are not packed as densely such that a single cell puffing won’t cause a cascading failure.
I do recommend keeping them in bags to contain leaks, coin cells are generally already well packed, but it can’t hurt. It’s also not a terrible idea to write the date you bought them on the bags and properly dispose of them after ~5 years.
Generally catastrophic failures happen when a battery is damaged
I’m not a chemist or ‘battery scientist,’ but I understand that Li+ ion cells can indeed be heavily damaged without showing any outward traces of such. That is, internal filaments can build up over time, and a damaged cell can be at risk when charging (as you note above, I believe).
That said, there may be associated swelling that tends to indicate such damage, but I’m not sure that’s always true. A cell with a cheaply-made casing would be a combined risk.
Turns out they have whole-ass warehouses full of them.
damn your preemptive hyphen preventing me from reading it as ass-warehouses and chuckling to myself
I mean… there’s that company big ass fans, I feel like they definitely refer to it as such ;-)
You are a free person. Do not let hyphens impede you from doing the things you want!
Probably one of the less dangerous things you do on a daily basis.
It is less dangerous than me sitting on my ass all day.
I don’t see any lithium batteries in this picture. Unless that black thing on top is one. I think you’re overthinking it
The two black things towards the top are a multimeter and an ifixit brand repair kit (basically just a screwdriver and some multiple-dozen screwdriver bits), so nothing that will explode.
I mean, every guy has one of those drawers and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone being hurt or dying from an exploding battery storage box; Sooo I’d say you’re fine?
