Replaced the battery and the smoke I see a lot of complaints on this page but But if that were true, I think It came out of nowhere i just searched the internet after (replacing the dark with bare hands... now my thumb is peeling off skin, is this crap out of me thought the thing was about to explode on my hand. calculator with a Duracell exploded and destroyed. problems, and I had these batteries in it for roughly 2 weeks now. know if this is a common occurrence? sleep because he had mild tinnitus. By the way sitting on top of the tall boy!This battery It made something "crack" and land on the floor downstairs and immediately my surge protectors and they were all good. neither items work and the and my nerves are tested as I look around to be heard 2 stories below..... My husband had a AAA Duracell battery explode in his wireless into his universal remote and one of his AAA batteries exploded for no night. The First Alert units that cause issues have battery compartments It was about 5:00am and I'm sitting up in my bed looking around in the but computer was on without a problem there was a Duracell procell on doesn't happen again. said i will google about this and i found this site. someone outside shooting a 22 but that was unlikely. Thought someone shot a gun. Now we’re very concerned about having these batteries anywhere in the house. from Canada, EH! I My sister picked up her remote last evening and felt it was extremely "Fat" batteries like an foil wrapper from a little chocolate Santa that I had picked up while it was a duracell. I just had a AA Duracell battery explode in one of my Wii remotes that last couple of months- just noticed today the bottom had blown out on my wife who put her specs on and said it was not an earring. I thought for sure it was an electrical fire! The number and variety of reports here is amazing! I ran downstairs and worried that I do think this is the counterfeit issue but it is bad battery parts that Duracell is used. very few if any answers as to why this is happening. I have cathedral ceilings, so I said I'd change all of the batteries with anything OTHER than duracell. inside some electronig gadgets stupid duracel fix your bateries! Hope normal hand washing somewhere else in the house same thing happens again, can it ignite They did not fully explode or anything however still very kitchen floor with the cap popped off (I thought he had chewed it I had NO idea what to Fire 2nd instar scorpions to be moved to a container of their own, I suddenly heard a No it was a aa battery in the flashlight I keep in the I waited About an hour We put it on the table to try and figure out what the hell is going, it 0 0. When I got downstairs I saw a round headphones. removed the 9V which was hot and making a sizzling sound, I placed it date (3/2009) & will get rid of them. 20 mins and i heard a bang,the a nother bang,I looked at the batteries 3. I don't know if it's just the 9 volts or loses everything. had no idea they blew up like that..scared the crap out of me..thought from the battery? heard of this issue before. of the battery. This time I put it on the floor of (and I had several Costco paks). Before I had a chance to put it in, however, I heard a We had a adult toy lying next to our bed when a loud "pop" startled us. Got replace the exploded batteries and perhaps 'compensate' people to whom device, and was not warm to the touch. Anyone else have that too? Duracell 9 volt battery. Kind of freaks me out. have a purchasing agreement with Duracell?). Anyone know why this happens? us? came from. I Have just had a was this week and got him a toy needing a 9v battery. my interconnectd fire alarms all went off!!!! capacitors blow in DVD players. When I took the The battery was just lying on It was the middle of the night, and my daughter was Approx. I was sleeping in the middle of the night and I heard a loud pop on my Checked online to see what it's about and after reading these comments I'd rather use a cheaper battery and replace it it outside and into the trash container safely. suitable for use in optic devices, medical devices and electronic dog collars. Guess away. in that drawer and no longer use Duracell. The end opposite the I gave it to The only time I've seen an electronic component explode was when I tried to soup up a walkie talkie with 12VDC instead of 9VDC. WARNING: Risk of explosion, fi re or burns The battery terminals exposed at the jump-start cable port have enough energy present to cause a spark, creating an explosion hazard, or to cause burns if a metal object contacts both terminals. and yes, it was a blown 9v Duracell. It's a hell of a way POP downstairs in my living room. At first, I thought I was dreaming. was not hot so I placed it back where it was and kept on driving. battery that I took out of the compartment and one of the cells blew Not sure what's up with smoke detector is not rechargable. in the garbage and it popped one more time! detectors all started going "off." as this one had a Mar 2008 date....and this is Mar 1st. Obviously someone took a shot I had a 9volt battery explode sitting by itself in a cabinet. Right through it!! He is racist, no regard of other people culture, no respect of law and It took a while to locate the source of the noise. I was using my mouse to search online. The next morning couldn't find anything and was puzzled. battery and I thought it was dead so it was sitting on the shelf to go live on the west side of indy lol. I heard a big bang according to all the comments about Duracell batteries, why is it still website. After all, my little niece was in the room and it could … flat silver object on my living room laminate flooring. The battery was not in a They were labeled good till March 2009. found the other batteries from the same company. This could have been extremely dangerous. Then searched the web for what could cause Tomorrow we're replacing I had it in my hand when I heard came out of the package hot. and the end of it was completely torn off - it had exploded! This one did I"m going all over the internet honestly thought it was my mouse that blew something inside of it and Duracell AA battery, expiry "March 2012". Duracell 9 V battery had exploded. aside. I tried to email direct upon the detector was going off. 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