Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react

On a sunny day (Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:04:31 -0700) it happened john larkin
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On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 11:42:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:54:36 +0100) it happened
liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) wrote in
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Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
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Electric vehicle battery fires - what to know and how to react
It's very rare, but lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles can catch fire.
 
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/electric-vehicle-battery-fires-what-t
o-know-and-how-to-react/
 
Good to know how to react when you electric car is on fire...

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So sales of fire extinguishers will plummet as there is no point in
carrying one.

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I do not even have one, but to get out of the upstairs bedroom here I have a rope ready...

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We have a built-in ladder that accesses our flat roof from the bedroom
deck. After that, we could walk almost the entire block on peoples'
roofs.
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Downstairs a 250 Ah lipo battery pack, those are supposed to not ignite
I have no 'lectric' car (yet?)
My bike will be OK...
Lots of Lipo batteries around the house, drone, radios, all sorts of stuff.
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Storms here, maybe I should get a wind powered generator
may need a building permit ....

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Does residential wind power make any sense?

Well I am close to the coast.,,
there is always some wind, mostly from the west.
Last week I had to cut away at the roses that grow next to the frontdoor
as those were continuously slammed against the door and mailbox by the wind.
Roses have nasty dorns...

Last few days was weather alarm in much of the country, trees on cars,
Heavy lightning too, buckets full of rain.
I disconnect some stuff to protect it from lightning
Satellite disk primary target?
Now some warm days are coming .. it says.. more garden work planned..

When things get hotter I may need to plant some cactus plants...