On 1/30/2013 12:22 PM, KPL wrote:
> I'm having a habit of collecting parts that could be usefull at some
> imaginary point, and I actually had a project that could use a
> connector plate from such a 9V battery. When one of them got dead,
> wanted to get that end with connectors out of it - used pliers to bend
> open the end, and there came my surprise. Two out of 6 cylindrical
> elements just plain exploded, sending their guts across the room. I
> was completely not ready for that, since I had collected those parts
> since childhood without any accidents.
> So, actually, they can be really dangerous.

Those cylindrical elements are AAA cells.

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