Sep
08
a button cell battery fell into the heating vent should we be worried?
ByOne of those little silver round batteries that came in my book light slipped out as I was fussing with it and plop, fell right into our heating vent. We tried fishing it out with a fly swatter (I guess it wasn’t long enough), I tried the vacuum (not enough reach), and we took pictures to see if we could even see the battery (nope, nothing but silver air ducts). Should we be worried about having the battery sitting in our vents with the heat?
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4 Comments
September 8th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Nope!
Forced air in the ducts doesn’t get hot enough to bother it.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:02 am
no it does not contain enough chemical to hurt any thing if you had say a thousand in there you might need to be worried but not this go on with your life
September 9th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Only if the battery corrodes and eats through the heat duct, but it wouldn’t be much of a hole from such a small battery. Try getting a magnet down there, taped to the flyswatter or coathanger something. No rush, it isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I wouldn’t be too worried about it until you see a lot of bright sparks, fire and smoke coming out of the vent. Also be aware of the extremely toxic gasses. If you wait for all this to take place you will live a very long life.