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

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:30:36 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:32:29 -0500) it happened BillGill
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On 8/25/2024 6:42 AM, Jan Panteltje wrote:

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.
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/electric-vehicle-battery-fires-what-t
o-know-and-how-to-react/
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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.

 
I do not even have one, but to get out of the upstairs bedroom here I have a rope ready...
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.
 
Storms here, maybe I should get a wind powered generator
may need a building permit ....
Solar panels I have, some flexible ones too for on a boat.
I have never had a phone on fire....

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Recently I saw a video of a dog chewing on a battery pack.
He was very startled when it caught fire and set the rug on
fire.
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So don't let your devices lie around when your pets can
reach them.

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There is a video online with a guy who enters a shop, puts a battery in his pocket, and his pockest catches fire.
He probably had a pocket knife or something metal in his pocket too, short...

One day I felt a burning sensation on my leg. It was a regular 9-volt
battery shorted by some coins.

When I was in high school chemistry class, we had some little
coin-sized radioactive samples, and I'd carry them home in my jeans
pocket. So far so good. The kids seem OK.