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		matt-p 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers I am surprised a serious facility would be happy having 100 old LiPo batteries in a rack. That is a (nasty) fire waiting to happen IMO. These are old batteries that may even have minor physical damage from being dropped and will be in maybe a ~25-30c environment.

qmr 43 days ago [–]

Laptop batteries are lithium ion not lithium polymer.

matt-p 33 days ago | [–]

Sometimes, but usually polymer these days. e.g the most popular laptop is probably a macbook https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-pro/specs/ https://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-air/specs/

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