Faulty Note 7 safe storage suggestions
Due to the polite, but firm suggestion that all Note 7 owners power down and discontinue use of their device until it is returned/replaced, and all the issues with returning said devices, i thought i might share my method of 'safely' storing my own Note 7, which i have thus far been unable to return to its store of origin, Best Buy.
I make no warranties or claims in any event of damage, etc; this is purely my own method of storing said device in as safe as a manner as was readily available to me at the time. Our apartment is pretty small, and i'd rather not have any fiasco whatsoever, so decided to act with an abundance of caution. Also, my GF is horrified its going to explode at any moment, so more or less trying to assuage her fears as well; a mutual friend had one of those hoverboards nearly torch their garage, so i can understand her concern. Also, we are expecting, so there's that as well. As some of you know, my GF is an attorney, i also have a legal background, and i try to approach everything with a scientific, logical mindset. That said, i was also once accused of being 'criminally negligent' for forgetting to water a plant i had bought her lol.
First, i decided to pick up a smoke detector at a local hardware shop with a 30 day return policy, knowing i would be able to return BOTH the Note 7 and smoke detector within a 30 day period. I allowed the Note 7 to get to 45% battery charge, and powered it down; 40-50% is supposed to be a more stable storage charge than 0-20%, and 80-100%. I then picked out a wide, thick cast iron cooking pan to place the Note 7 in, although ceramic, such as a flower pot, or any inert (not aluminum, or coated/teflon type pans), thick solid uncoated steel, brick, cement, etc would also work, and all have very good thermal properties, with no chance of chemical reaction with burning lithium. I also put a stainless steel bowl, upside down, over the Note 7 which i left backside down, and left the smoke detector resting at an angle in the cast iron skillet, inlet facing the phones' front, left side as viewed from the face of the device (ie closest to the battery). I tested the smoke detector as well (GF's idea). I then used a ceramic cooking dish to elevate the cast iron skillet containing the smoke detector, stainless steel bowl, and Note 7 a few inches. Aluminum and copper are excellent conductors; hence i would avoid their use. Ceramic and cast iron are decent insulators, hence my preference.