Salty dogs...
Interesting but I've only done the brine kill three times and the lipo's came out deader than any doornail known to man.
I never even considered that the process was doing anything other than killing the chemical reaction that goes on inside the folds of the cells. I do remember back in chemistry class when we would place tiny slivers of lithium in a pan of straight water and watch the fireworks! Do the trick again in salt water and no drama whatsoever, just some fizz and done.
Perhaps we should be focusing on the ratio of salt to water??? I pour a whole container of Motron's table salt (I think it's equal to 20 oz.) into 3 gallons of water in a 5 gallon PLASTIC bucket and toss in the pack, leads & all.
Absolutely NO action happens, just tiny bubbles come up from a little trapped air, then nothing....Crickets....
As the water evaporates, it will leave a brine coating on the sides of the bucket and of course the pack comes out looking chalky if you just let it air dry.... I then cut off the leads, de-solder and reuse them. No issues ever.
Anyway, I had no problems AND none of the leads or tabs ever dissolved before the pack was dead after 48 hours. I did check one at 24 hours of soak and it was stone dead but if and when I do the burial at sea with another lipo, I'll let it soak for 48 hours or more. Of course my bucket sets outside on concrete, at least 5 feet from the garage and not under any overhang.
One has to wonder who was ever silly enough to recommend slicing open the pack??? Sounds perfectly nuts!
I totally agree with practicing great caution when dealing with these modern marvels of energy density because there's obviously some children and curious George's who just will not follow the rules because they MUST do things their own way!
I guess that'd include me! Safety First!