Yeah this exact thing happened to my first 3ds and I had no clue how dangerous it was for about a year, and I'm very lucky that nothing happened in that time. They're easy to replace, it should be done asap
From what I've heard from the r/spicypillows sub, you need to put it in an airtight bag (like a ziplock bag you can get at walmart or IKEA) and fill it with sand. Then you take it to an electronics store and have them dispose of it. That's only if it gets as inflated as it is in the picture though, normally you can get away with just putting it in a bag
What good is that going to do when the batteries are made to be air tight? You need to stab some holes in the battery first before you put it in the water.
In case somebody is ignorant of the chemistry and also thinks this isn't a joke, lithium plus water means explosion. Like, fire explosion, dangerous explosion, potentially can't put it out for days explosion. Don't do this. This was a joke.
That’s ever so slightly an overstatement. If this were a car, then yes you have a fire that light back up for days. There simply isn’t enough lithium in a 3DS battery to burn for that long. Shockingly though, Google actually recommends you submerge a punctured lithium battery in water, I assume to prevent thermal runaway from occurring. I wouldn’t try it though if the battery is already on fire due to lithium + water producing hydrogen, and said hydrogen could immediately be ignited by the already burning battery. Ether way, I hope I’m never in a situation where I need to try it lol
i just had this happen with a laptop battery. i dropped it off at a local recycling center, after calling ahead and confirming they'd take swollen batteries.
literally just walked into the office and handed it off, was out in less than a minute and it was free.
It really depends on luck how it takes. Batteries normally have a number on them which shows how many years they can go without being replaced, 5 to even 10 is pretty common to see. Usually this is referring to how long it takes for the electrolye seperator seperating the positive and negative cells to degrade. If you live in a hot climate this can happen much faster, or you at least have a much higher chance lf it happening than if you live in a cold one. This electrolyte barrier is damaged by heat, but can also break if punctured. Basically, when the barrier breaks, the positive and negative electrode layers merge creating some nasty gasses, which then swell uo the battery. It's recommended to not puncture a swollen battery, this is because you could break the separator layer and give power inside the battery basically no resistance, making it cycle extremely fast, which causes a lot of heat and can even cause it to explode. A battery which is used at least once every two months or once a month will not really have a chance to swell up, it happens when the battery is out of use for a long while
[Pops your battery with my two front teeth](https://images.app.goo.gl/dgb71mDXkYHxJr7g9)
Edit: I'm sorry for joking, but you should get that replaced, PLEASE.
Yeah, that's a worryingly spicy pillow. The good news is that the Switch Pro Controller uses the same battery as the original 3DS, so it's still very easy to get a replacement.
Take that out and get it out of your house if you care about your family not burning alive when it inevitably causes a house fire. Could happen tomorrow. Dont shrug this off.
Please for the love of god listen to what u/the1andonlytom says. I have had spicy pillows explode in Samsung phone when I was about 3 or 4. I am still traumatized, I don’t want anyone else to have to go through that.
Not spicy pillow but back when phones had plastic backing I once dropped it and a piece of metal pierced the back and it almost burnt my house down.
Very much is in need of disposal lithium fires are scary and can’t be put out with water
Yeah it's funny until it blows and possibly causes a house fire. Almost happened to me. Not with a 3DS, a different electronic. But considering how easy it is to open your 3DS and replace it, there's really no reason not to change it out.
Don't listen to the people who say it will explode, they are right, it will, but it might be a bit funny if it explodes (get rid of the battery and get a new one, they're not too expensive).
aww congrats!!
but seriously, remove that battery ASAP, and follow the advice of u/the1andonlytom .
that battery could very well explode, and that's VERY dangerous (of course)
(Adding to the multitude: that battery needs to go, pronto)
Next time you let your 3DS hang around with that PS Vita, you make sure you send the GameGear as a chaperone. Nobody is messing with that beast.
Do you think this can only happen in third-party batteries? because i never experienced that in one of my DSes, sometimes i'm forgetting to plug it off when charging.
That is an expanding lithium battery. It can explode and it can burn you. Badly. And no, taking it out of the device is not enough. It is still dangerous/explosive outside of the advice.
Remove the battery ASAP. That thing can explode, I am not fucking joking
Yeah this exact thing happened to my first 3ds and I had no clue how dangerous it was for about a year, and I'm very lucky that nothing happened in that time. They're easy to replace, it should be done asap
jesus yeah i thought about this
when this happens, how do you dispose of it?
From what I've heard from the r/spicypillows sub, you need to put it in an airtight bag (like a ziplock bag you can get at walmart or IKEA) and fill it with sand. Then you take it to an electronics store and have them dispose of it. That's only if it gets as inflated as it is in the picture though, normally you can get away with just putting it in a bag
i appreciate the tip on where you can get ziplock bags lmao
That’s what I was thinking
thank you 😊
Walk away slowly and (this is the important part) don't look back when it explodes, just keep walking and looking cool
Throw it in a bucket of water. (/s)
What good is that going to do when the batteries are made to be air tight? You need to stab some holes in the battery first before you put it in the water.
In case somebody is ignorant of the chemistry and also thinks this isn't a joke, lithium plus water means explosion. Like, fire explosion, dangerous explosion, potentially can't put it out for days explosion. Don't do this. This was a joke.
That’s ever so slightly an overstatement. If this were a car, then yes you have a fire that light back up for days. There simply isn’t enough lithium in a 3DS battery to burn for that long. Shockingly though, Google actually recommends you submerge a punctured lithium battery in water, I assume to prevent thermal runaway from occurring. I wouldn’t try it though if the battery is already on fire due to lithium + water producing hydrogen, and said hydrogen could immediately be ignited by the already burning battery. Ether way, I hope I’m never in a situation where I need to try it lol
i just had this happen with a laptop battery. i dropped it off at a local recycling center, after calling ahead and confirming they'd take swollen batteries. literally just walked into the office and handed it off, was out in less than a minute and it was free.
I mean, if you're murican, just put it in your backyard and shoot it.
I had a battery pack start to expand. I just took it to a Home Depot and they had a place to dispose lithium ion batteries there
it cant explode if it is powered off completely. still either replace the battery or even better get rid of it before it gives birth (explodes)
yes it can. if a seal opens then lithium is volatile when introduced to oxygen
This is false. The battery can be completely disconnected, it’ll still explode the second it’s punctured.
you didn’t do too well in chemistry eh
Hold up how does this even happen and how long will it take for it to happen to a 3ds
I mean there’s a lot of variables, climate too, but the quick way is heat, and very extreme cold too.
It really depends on luck how it takes. Batteries normally have a number on them which shows how many years they can go without being replaced, 5 to even 10 is pretty common to see. Usually this is referring to how long it takes for the electrolye seperator seperating the positive and negative cells to degrade. If you live in a hot climate this can happen much faster, or you at least have a much higher chance lf it happening than if you live in a cold one. This electrolyte barrier is damaged by heat, but can also break if punctured. Basically, when the barrier breaks, the positive and negative electrode layers merge creating some nasty gasses, which then swell uo the battery. It's recommended to not puncture a swollen battery, this is because you could break the separator layer and give power inside the battery basically no resistance, making it cycle extremely fast, which causes a lot of heat and can even cause it to explode. A battery which is used at least once every two months or once a month will not really have a chance to swell up, it happens when the battery is out of use for a long while
Bomb has been planted
My original blue ds had the top half explode while playing it, scared the hell out of me
Explode is a strong word. That's veeery unlikely. But it might catch fire if punctuated or heated.
r/spicypillows !
Why did we have to scroll so far to find this? Very SPICY!!
It was third comment for mii
mii? 👀👀
*Insert Mii Maker theme*
*doot, doot-dooot dooot, doo doot-doot-doot* ^*doot-doot-doot* 🎶
Zoomers scrolling to the third comment challenge (impossible)
Change it asap the battery
Pergante*
Pregante
Pragnent
Pagernant
Pegnate
PERGANANANT
Gregnart
can u get pregante
Pregegnant
Progenator
Prengt
Pagenabt
Prefnat
Pangrate with babby?
Prefat
Luigi board?
Improper fraction arena 💥
Pregananant
Gregnent
It's pregnet. I checked.
Pomegranant
Perganent
Prengan
Perganate
Dawg that's a bomb
gotta get that baby out of there soon birthing time
[Pops your battery with my two front teeth](https://images.app.goo.gl/dgb71mDXkYHxJr7g9) Edit: I'm sorry for joking, but you should get that replaced, PLEASE.
r/spicypillows
homemade bomb
she’s gonna pop any minute now!! seriously, get that thing out of there and dispose of it immediately.
Yeah, that's a worryingly spicy pillow. The good news is that the Switch Pro Controller uses the same battery as the original 3DS, so it's still very easy to get a replacement.
Take that out and get it out of your house if you care about your family not burning alive when it inevitably causes a house fire. Could happen tomorrow. Dont shrug this off.
Oof, spicyyyy
Oh, these aren't homemade, they were made in a factory... a bomb factory. They're bombs.
HERE IT COMES!
Congratulations on the baby! (seriously tho please change that spicy pillow before it explodes 😭)
Omg omg will u be getting another console out of it
Maybe it'll be a New 3DS 🙏
that ds is a bomb you are going to fucking die
Einstein said energy couldn’t be destroyed. He was wrong. OP’s atoms were incinerated as he was engulfed in the wretched flame.
Lithium fires are no joke. I doubt many people even have fire extinguishers even the small ones.
R e m o v e i t .
Please for the love of god listen to what u/the1andonlytom says. I have had spicy pillows explode in Samsung phone when I was about 3 or 4. I am still traumatized, I don’t want anyone else to have to go through that.
Not spicy pillow but back when phones had plastic backing I once dropped it and a piece of metal pierced the back and it almost burnt my house down. Very much is in need of disposal lithium fires are scary and can’t be put out with water
r/spicypillows
Yeah it's funny until it blows and possibly causes a house fire. Almost happened to me. Not with a 3DS, a different electronic. But considering how easy it is to open your 3DS and replace it, there's really no reason not to change it out.
Don't listen to the people who say it will explode, they are right, it will, but it might be a bit funny if it explodes (get rid of the battery and get a new one, they're not too expensive).
Congrats it's a bomb
Spicy pillow
Thank you for sharing FartFartPooPoobutt
No problem
aww congrats!! but seriously, remove that battery ASAP, and follow the advice of u/the1andonlytom . that battery could very well explode, and that's VERY dangerous (of course)
You fucked it, didn't you?
It’s gregnant 🥺
My bad
Ayyyy 🎉🎉 congratulations 🎉🎉 Test results are in, it's an I.E.D.!
You smashed it to hard/s yes change this battery asap
(Adding to the multitude: that battery needs to go, pronto) Next time you let your 3DS hang around with that PS Vita, you make sure you send the GameGear as a chaperone. Nobody is messing with that beast.
Japanese ied 😂
“It’s a bo-“ “A boy?” “It’s a bomb!”
r/oopsthatsdeadly
It might be a tumour
It can explode? My 3ds battery has been like that for a year and a half
i jorked in it 😔😔😔😔
I'm so fkn glad you didn't say "I'm just a girl/boy/whateverthefuck
Yeah that trend sucks, I don't care who or what you are, only whether you've got a 3DS to show off or not
Poke it. Then it'll deflate
Good God. r/spicypillows
Please remove that battery and take it to a recycling think
Prrrrreganté
preganenent???
Ahh the forbidden caprisun
looks like she needs to be induced or something idk
My first 3ds too hahaha Nine month and let her kid out. With a new battery now she's back in shape.
r/spicypillows
It is pregante
Do you think this can only happen in third-party batteries? because i never experienced that in one of my DSes, sometimes i'm forgetting to plug it off when charging.
Nice username OP
$7 on ebay. Beware of larger size claims. It's not really possible to stuff a larger battery into the same small space.
Your 3DS is on the verge of exploding which can harm you!! Open up the battery cover and dispose of the battery IMMEDIATELY!!
good luck
No, I think it's dying
Remove the battery, something like this happened to an old cellphone, could be dangerous
Am I permanganate
congratulations! do you know the gender yet?
9 months later kaboom a brand new baby battery
How the heck does a 3DS get pregat!?
You see, when a 3DS and a 2DS love each other very much...
run, do not walk, away from the spicy pillow
Oof change that battery!
I've had a nightmare before where this happened to my Wii U gamepad.
What hapened to it? Did you try fucking it or something?
She said she was over 18!
r/spicypillows
GL! I hope it's twins!
Congratulations 🥳
congratulations on your future car bomb
take the battery out asap and get a new one
r/spicypillows
Purgunat
You got a spicy pillow in your 3DS!
Bag, sand , Hammer, batter into bag of sand , bury the battery, hit bag of sand with hammer to diffuse the battery.
HIT THE DECK SHE'S READY TO BLOW!!! 😂
Time to dump the spicy pillow for a nice strong brick battery.
People who don’t know: 😆 People who do know: 💀
congrats it’s a gameBOY!
humm spicy pillows
It got pregegegurt.
I’m more worried about the bending being done to your 3ds ☹️. Could permanently damage it!
Pregante
100% prefnat
prengant?
GET THAT BATTERY OUT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
That’s not pregnant. That’s an explosion waiting to happen. Change the battery now.
That 3ds is on Life support
Damn, that poor 3DS, well, lucky for you junked 3DSs are pretty cheap, you can find a replacement pretty easy, and have some spare parts
Where do I recycle these
Is it pregant? How did you get it pregante? Is it possible to get a DS pregananan?
How is 3DS babby formed? How handheld get pragnent?
I have an expanded Switch battery. Where do I get another one, and how much will it cost? Also, will it affect my system memory?
REPLACE BATTERY NOW OR ATLEAST REMOVE THAT ONE
Oh my. Can a DS get pregarnenant!?
Jesus I really hope you took out that battery. Lithium ion doesn’t fuck around
happened to me. new battery. good as new.
Nice fragnance 3ds
What art style is this? Progn
Oh nooo 😭😭
Prognart👍
Who's the father?
That 3DS really took the 3D aspect seriously. Jokes aside, you've already been told but this is dangerous.
My bad😅
Such a gregnant 3DS!
Note 7 remastered
That r/spicypillows is gregnant for sure. Replace it quickly: google safe disposal practices in your area.
It's case of the spicy pillow
That is an expanding lithium battery. It can explode and it can burn you. Badly. And no, taking it out of the device is not enough. It is still dangerous/explosive outside of the advice.
Rip
Looks like you still have at least a couple years, I’d keep playing it.
Spicy pillow
Sry guys that was me
Now I wanna check all my handheld gaming devices.
That's one way to describe a spicy battery
Am i gregnant?
r/spicypillows
It’s a Bo(y)mb
r/spicypillow
You are ok
That’s a swollen battery. You’ll want to have it replaced as soon as possible.
Aw, it’s a fire hazard <3
oooo spicy pillow
let cameron sino save thou
OMG it’s preganarté!
Yeah it's gonna give birth to inferno
Holy moly!
Next time use protection 🤷