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Hyfi
01-24-2011, 05:20 PM
In case you own a Logitech Harmony One, I wanted to make sure you were aware of the problem some are having with swollen batteries. Thats right, so swollen you cannot remove it to put in a new one.

It sounds like it was the batteries from the Logitech forums
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmony-Remotes/Can-t-remove-battery-from-Harmony-One/m-p/392030

I learned about it and lots of other info here
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=967841&page=174

Hyfi
01-24-2011, 05:26 PM
By the looks of it, it appears to be the white battery with blue label and it happens to 880s and 890s. Here is a pic of one that exploded and blew the cover off.

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=99232

Mash
01-24-2011, 06:09 PM
Guy at Battery+ told me that LiPos have about 500 (re)charges in them, then they start to fail...... swelling is a positive(ly) bad sign. He suggested that I do not recharge my cellphone lipo battery until it is about dead.

If you get a free replacement, good for you. My cell battery lasted 3+ years & a new one was $40.

pixelthis
01-25-2011, 02:43 PM
The lithium ion battery in my pronto has lasted seven years. Sometimes you get lucky.
And sometimes they EXPLODE. Need to be checked on a regular basis.
IMAGINE ONE in an electric car going off, might take a few city blocks with it.:1: