Q: My battery exploded!!!???

Immediately take to your local Apple retailer.

Any battery that explodes is a safety hazard when plugged in.   Follow Kappy's direction.

Also bring the power bring to make sure you are using the right one for your machine, or at minimum

read this article to see if you have the right one.  If your power is not that reliable, be sure to get a surge protector.

I had this same problem. I gave my old MBP to my son. Not sure when the battery burst, but it looks just like the one you showed in that picture. I can't believe it didn't start on fire. I guess I'll take it to the apple store like Kappy suggested.

I wonder if this is a problem with a lot of batteries.

I don't know about a lot of batteries, but there was a period where the wrong mixture was put in certain batteries which led to many batteries being recalled.  And it wasn't just Apple, it was industry wide.  A similar problem has also happened to capacitors back in 2004.

They really need to stop using these Li-ion polymer batteries! They may have the highest capacities (*citation needed), but heck, they are really unsafe, even though it is rare for them to explode (causes could possibly be):

• High temperature (a higher temperature than indicated on the battery, which makes portable notebooks with a battery installed more likely to explode)
• Improper usage
• charging with a *much* higher voltage than indicated (some fake/counterfeit chargers may output voltages too high if they malfunction)
• 'improper' charging
• overcharging
• water/liquid damage (sometimes)
• The battery is defective/the board on the battery is defective

The list could be longer, but I couldn't think of more variables for this..

otherwords, these batteries are unsafe

sources: my brain

weeowey wrote:

 

They really need to stop using these Li-ion polymer batteries! They may have the highest capacities (*citation needed), but heck, they are really unsafe, even though it is rare for them to explode (causes could possibly be):

Which would put us back several years, heavier larger laptops with shorter battery lives, bigger cellphones. No thanks.

surely they can find a safer, but less bulky battery- like nickel cadimum button cells or something.. lol

We already did NiCad, about 15 years ago.

I'm sure we can make a new safer cell, maybe in the future made from graphene-- google it

Yes, but this is not the future.

it was 15 years ago- loll (sorry- couldn't help it)

maybe it wold be easier (and much safer) for laptops to be run off (some amount of) AA or aaa or aaaa batteries or even 9v batteries, that way, there's always a spare

oh, and how it looks, we wouldnt care if it was a thing, because it would be the 'look of the laptop' then.

I really couldn't care less about your speculations. Sorry.

oh well, nvm..