LG claims laptop battery 'safe'

South Korean electronics firm LG Electronics said its laptop battery did not "explode under normal conditions" as suspected by experts and media.

The incident happened last January, and an investigation was urgently conducted to determine the true cause.

At that time, the Korean press reported that a reporter's laptop suddenly started to smoke, then caught fire, "when the surroundings are perfectly normal".

Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no significant loss of assets.

However, according to a survey conducted by the Korea Electronics Technology Research Institute, "the laptop was shocked by the sudden high temperature rise and the explosion."

" Under normal conditions of use, it is impossible for a laptop battery to burn or explode ," LG said, not forgetting to stress that all of its products have undergone strict quality testing before. when shipped.

The "suspected" laptop battery pack is produced by LG Chem, a subsidiary of LG Group. Both LG Chem and LG Electronics conducted investigations immediately after the incident, and LG Chem announced it would not recover the battery in any way.

Trouble consecutive

LG claims laptop battery 'safe' Picture 1 Source: BBC This is not the first time LG Electronics has trouble with an explosion problem. In late November 2007, a quarry worker in South Korea was killed in his office with a molten battery inside his breast pocket.

Police have identified it as a lithium-ion battery manufactured by LG Electronics, and it is suspected that it is the culprit that caused the victim's death.

At that time, LG Electronics representative also affirmed that "its battery has been strictly inspected before the product is shipped, especially in terms of safety."

Fortunately for LG, after only a few days of investigation, the police discovered the true culprit of the case was the victim's colleague. After accidentally stabbing the deadly person, this man was afraid of crime, so he set up a fake school scene and provided false statements to the police.

Although LG has announced the official investigation of the cause of the laptop explosion in January, but some experts are still not really assured. They still recommend users to continue using the power source whenever possible.