The experts recommend that you keep the batteries in their original packaging or put pieces of electrical tape across the posts. If the ends come in contact with anything metal, such as steel wool, paper clips, other batteries, etc., the battery can ignite a fire. A second video was made by producers of the website after they experienced a home fire started by a used 9-volt battery that was replaced from a smoke detector and stored in their garage.Ī 9-volt battery is a fire hazard because the positive and negative posts are on top, right next to one another, the experts say. The PP4, PP5, PP6, PP10 and PP11 (this latter battery was actually a 4.5+4.5 volt battery) sizes have long been obsolete. These date from the days of early transistor radios and are now less common than PP3. Two are still available, the PP7 and PP9. Duracell guarantees these batteries against defects in material and workmanship. There were several other sizes of nine volt batteries. 8, 2012, on WBZ News, a CBS affiliate in Boston, according to . Coppertop batteries are available in AA, AAA, C, D, and 9V sizes.
The warning was first reported in a video from Aug. Use these 9 volt lithium batteries to power toys and games, or use them to provide up to 10 year battery backup in AC powered smoke detectors. The facts: Various warnings from fire experts across the country say this is true. A video and various news reports state that 9-volt batteries can be a fire hazard.
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