Li-Ion Battery Circuit Safety Design – Circuit Tips and Tricks

Explore UL listing's role in enhancing lithium-ion battery safety and discover essential protection techniques to prevent circuit failures.
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Kyle Hunter
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August 3, 2025

Lithium Ion batteries are one of the best technologies to use for a battery in portable electronics. They can also be one of the most dangerous if safety precautions are not taken. In this video I go into understanding what UL listing for a product means, and how it can help increase the safety of a product. Using this knowledge I show several battery protection techniques to help protect your circuit from catastrophic failure.

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