On Aug 15, 2006, at 11:14 AM, John Ferrell wrote:

> Li-Ion are pretty tame compared to Li-Po technology.
>
I hear that, generally from the model plane community where they're
in the habit of using cells without any electrical protection, and
with very little in the form of mechanical protection. (in an
application where the mechanical protection might be important.)
But the technology is very similar to li-ion, and I'm not convinced
that they're fundamentally "less tame."

(likewise, the last laptop battery pack I stripped for it's cells
happened to have LiPo cells rather than li-ion cells, so it's hard
to tell which is which...)

BillW
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