u/cristi_baluta

This is a warning so you don’t do something as stupid as me. I was desoldering this button cell rechargeable battery with the hot air gun, i wanted to avoid the risk of shorting it with a normal solder iron. I kept the air too close, it was not going out, then it exploded and everything flew across the room, some tiny bits touched my eye too.

I never wear eye protection when soldering but now i might do, are there other components that can explode?