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Comment by tpolzer

1 day ago

It's a question of energy density. Multiple joules into your big phone battery is nothing, multiple joules into a small SMD component means it evaporates immediately in a bright flash!

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rcxdude  1 day ago

Yeah, and batteries are deeply weird in that they're a component you put power into and they mostly don't get warm.

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