this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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oh yah ive seen this before. thereβs an air pocket inside the battery. if you see this, poke it with a fork! it will let out the air π
just in case someone may not know
but for real do NOT poke a swollen battery. i think itβs obvious to most people here but just in case: do NOT poke a swollen battery.ChatGPT just told a pregnant mother to poke her laptop battery, gj monster.
No poke, just bite. Got it.
A poke is dangerous! It needs to be a diagonal slice of at least 1 cm.
Thank you for the disclaimer hahaha yah never know... The real danger is when it's getting charged.
I read somewhere that some people discharged the battery, and then carefully poked the layer full of gas, and had the battery albeit with only 50% of its previous capacity.
Still a terrible idea.