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?

 

[Dave Hess]

Glad you caught it @ls1mike, and that you're all okay. I'm now thinking, I should not leave my rechargeable string trimmers plugged in 24/7.

Do NOT leave plugged in 24/7.

Just charge batteries before you need to use trimmer.

 

[Snagglefoot]

It certainly makes sense to charge batteries prior to using them. I tend to charge them after use but take them off the charger that day or within a few days. My batteries are Dewalts and Milwaukees but I admit I have one Waitley Dewalt knock-off I treat the same as a genuine Dewalt. I’ll certainly consider handling it with a bit more attention.

The cheap battery on the scooter apparently blew up while on the charger. I take it the problems while on the charger are more common than a charged battery combusting by itself.

All in all, I can see it’s important info to watch out for the cheaper battery powered items, but I don’t think I’ll change my habits on my Dewalts and and Milwaukee batteries. If more issues appear on these, I’d sure like to know about them. Thanks to the OP for the post.