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NNadir

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18. I leave them unplugged until I'm ready to use them.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #16)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:39 PM

Mar 5

Ego battery chargers are air cooled, but even those can be dangerous.

I exclusively use Ego products, lawn mower, chain saw, and snow blower.

Seriously lithium batteries are not toys. They can be extremely dangerous. Under certain circumstances in a fire they can release highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas. I've worked, in my career with many dangerous chemicals, including the one time war gas phosgene. Hydrogen fluoride is the scariest of all I've used.

I had a computer catch fire some years ago. Happily I was able to quickly smother the flames.

Leave them unplugged unless you are about to use them or have just finished them.

Seriously...

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LuckyCharms' revenge. [View all] NNadir Mar 5 OP

You know... LuckyCharms Mar 5 #1

The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club. :-). Good luck! CincyDem Mar 5 #2

I had a friend whose parents both got lung cancer at the same time. NNadir Mar 5 #3

I once had a 45 second period of vivid and intense hallucinations... LuckyCharms Mar 5 #4

Ok. You win. Yours is worse than mine. NNadir Mar 5 #6

That one instance never happened to me again. LuckyCharms Mar 5 #9

Thanks for your comforting description of treatment options. NNadir Mar 5 #10

No! The safest thing to do is to drive yourself, alone, to the eye doctor! LuckyCharms Mar 5 #11

Wow! You must have been top of the class in medical school. NNadir Mar 5 #12

No, I barter for my services. LuckyCharms Mar 5 #13

My neighbors house burned down when his drill battery ignighted. NNadir Mar 5 #15

OMG...this is actually my worst fear. LuckyCharms Mar 5 #16

I leave them unplugged until I'm ready to use them. NNadir Mar 5 #18

As for your first paragraph, are you sure this wasn't part of your, ahem, Deadhead experience? NNadir Mar 6 #26

I hope your eye feels better right away Easterncedar Mar 5 #5

Lesson learned. Irish_Dem Mar 5 #7

I agree. It all started when I threatened to punch him in the eye. NNadir Mar 5 #8

He got me too. I typed that message about Lucky while I was on a treadmill Irish_Dem Mar 5 #17

I have glaucoma, but caught it. In time. multigraincracker Mar 5 #14

Back from the ophthalmologist. NNadir Mar 5 #19

See post 21. I posted it in the wrong spot. LuckyCharms Mar 5 #22

heh Skittles Mar 6 #23

It may have happened from hair falling in my eye, I think. I need a hair cut. NNadir Mar 6 #24

ooh Skittles Mar 6 #25

Hey, True Dough Mar 5 #20

Whew! I'm glad it's nothing serious! I was worried that it LuckyCharms Mar 5 #21