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DANGER: THINGS NOT TO DO WITH YOUR BATTERY
Do Not Take Apart Or Reconstruct Battery Pack
The battery pack has various safety features and protection circuits to avoid damage to
the battery and the user. If these safety features are compromised, the battery may burst
in flame, get hot, rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Short-Circuit Battery Pack Terminals
The terminals on the battery pack are not designed to be shorted. This can happen if you
somehow join the two terminals on the battery back together using some type of metal.
This can happen with a paper clip or wire, or carrying the battery in a compartment
having conductive material. If the battery pack is short circuit, the battery may burst in
flame, get hot, rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Throw The Battery Pack in a Fire
If the battery pack gets hot, some of the built in safety features might get compromised
and it may burst in flame, get hot, rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Leave The Battery Pack Near Heat Generating Sources
If the battery pack gets too hot (over 176° F) it may burst in flame, rupture, or generate
smoke. Some of the possible heat generating sources is a fire, such as from a stove, or
the sun.
Do Not Put The Battery Pack In Water
Putting the Battery Pack in water might damage some of the safety features and it may
burst in flame, get hot, rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Put The Battery Pack In A Different Charger
This Battery Pack was designed to be charged in the charger supplied with the radio. If
you try charging the Battery Pack in a different charger, it may burst in flame, get hot,
rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Physically Damage The Battery Pack
Physically damaging the Battery Pack might cause deformation and it may burst in flame,
get hot, rupture, or generate smoke. Some of the ways the Battery Pack can be damaged
is by striking it, piercing it, stepping on it, throwing it, or shooting it.
Do Not Solder On The Battery Pack
Soldering on the Battery Pack will increase its temperature over its specified temperature
range and it may burst in flame, rupture, or generate smoke.
Do Not Reverse Charge The Battery Pack
Reverse charging the Battery Pack will cause an unwanted chemical reaction and it may
burst in flame, get hot, rupture, or generate smoke.
