Lithium ion battery explosion in my garage.

[4WD]

I'd like to unsee Flo. But Mayhem is great. He was good in Rescue Me as Leary's cop brother.

Indeed - he reminds me of a high school friend no longer with us

 

[PandaBear]

It makes you wonder why insurance companies would insure any home that

housed anything with a Lithium ion battery.​

There's a saying called "the customers are always right".

If you have a large enough customer base you have to sell the products they want, just have to adjust the price appropriately. We have swimming pool, motorcycles, personal airplanes, cigarette, all with higher risk than li-ion battery burning a house down. They just have to pay more and people will sell them insurances.

 

[PandaBear]

Why is it that small battery powered scooters, etc have a propensity to catch fire?

Because there is no gov regulation like auto industry, and no mandatory insurance, so insurance companies who typically do jobs that freedom loving nations won't let government regulate it, cannot regulate the safety of it.

Freedom is not free.

 

[PandaBear]

No I don't wish bad stuff on anyone. But I'm glad this happened somewhat, and it wasn't too bad destruction wise. To wake everyone up to the dangers.
I can't stand Li battery's. I just hope this incident wakes some people up here on this site about the dangers of these stinking batterys that are in almost everything. Never charge any Li batter inside a building you care about. And same goes for storage.
Watch StacheD training on youtube and learn about all the destruction they have caused.

I know someone that was burned on leg from a phone in the pocket. Doesn't matter the country of origin or brand they are like a mouse trap ready to snap.

EV's and Hybrids should all have Nmh battery's not Li. All the older Toyota's always used Nmh. Who knows now.

Back when they designed the prius Li-Ion is not cost effective. They were in the era when people think hydrogen fuel cell is the stop gap before EV is ready. That's an unexpected 25 years, we now have Li-Ion in everything including a $7 portable fan.

I'm sure the newer hybrid has Li-Ion instead of NiMh, it is much more space effeicient.

 

[PandaBear]

I would, or lead acid. 2008 Toyota Camery hybrids have them NMH. So what are you saying?

EV1?