# Those Exploding Dell Laptops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-exploding-dell-laptops/370166>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-exploding-dell-laptops/370166 "2006-08-25T07:41:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-exploding-dell-laptops/370166/1 "2006-08-25T07:41:17Z")

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Has the TSA prohibited people from taking them on airplanes or are they still okay?

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**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-exploding-dell-laptops/370166/2 "2006-08-25T08:12:30Z")

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If you short-circuit any battery you can cause enough heat to start a fire. Not just Dells: are any batteries allowed?

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-exploding-dell-laptops/370166/3 "2006-08-25T11:30:08Z")

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You could [Look at the TSA FAQs](http://tsa-7.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/tsa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=254&p_created=1155227254&p_sid=2yzLvYfi&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yNyZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1)  
They do not single out Dell, furthermore not all Dells are subject to the battery recall just some batteries.