Consider this a public service message. I wouldn't be charging my car anywhere near the house. R. Cobb EV Car Fire There are other articles.
Randall Cobb EV Car Fire.
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I agree on concerns about charging in a garage but the story needs more information other than what the wife says.
Hopefully a fire department report comes out.
Hopefully a fire department report comes out.
A report will be interesting for sure. I doubt there was foul play. One might a$$ume she/he plugged it in to charge it like they've done before, only this time something went wrong. Hopefully a report will indicate exactly what went wrong.
No foul play
Being I have done A LOT of homeowner (to code) proper electrical wiring the first thing I wondered is if it was the charger or was it the wiring/outlet to the charger.
Only because his wife made a short non informative statement that said she didn’t have the time to say more
Here for the LiFePo battery stories!!
Time will tell, it could be something to do with the car or the charger. Regarding an in depth statement, think about it, it happened last night, she and her family could have died. I can't speak about what you would do, but I wouldn't be up to a press conference that soon.
LOL good point. Sadly, now you have me waiting on the EV proponents attacking the car owner/user error, before the cause is released. Stay tuned.
Waiting for the inevitable calls of fake news.
Precisely why I titled the thread the way I did, and called it a public service message. Lots of unanswered questions, come to mind, about the charger, the car, how long ago the charger was installed, was the charger installed incorrectly, a defect, a problem with the car, etc, etc, and finally what was the root cause. I'm sure there are more questions. After reading that article and others, no way would I be charging an EV in my attached garage.
Nope. Why read the article when EV BAD!
But seriously, let’s compare fires from space heaters and portable ACs to EV chargers. I bet more electrical fires are caused by the other large plug in appliances than the EV chargers. But this is only news because 1. EV BAD and 2. It’s some celebrity.
That said, if it was a hardwired professionally installed Tesla charger, hopefully the burnt unit gets an analysis. Manufacturing defect? Design flaw? Bad installation?
I don't know about this fire but I understand copper theives are targeting EV charging stations.
Need to have some way to deter that. I think a 240V constant voltage being on the wire to shock a potential thief would be a good start. They haven't been stupid enough to cut high voltage powerline yet so anything that can shock the thief for a week but not enough to kill them would deter them.
Tesla Wall Chargers have failsafe built into them. I'm not saying this is the case, but it's possible it wasn't wired properly or didn't have the proper breaker fuse.
They are designed for indoor or outdoor mounting and use. There are numerous outside installations on my street.
I had a qualified electrician wire up mine; he told me has has installed hundreds of these Wall chargers.
Glad everyone's OK.
They are designed for indoor or outdoor mounting and use. There are numerous outside installations on my street.
I had a qualified electrician wire up mine; he told me has has installed hundreds of these Wall chargers.
Glad everyone's OK.
I don't believe in attached garages, whether you drive ice or ev. Car fires are a thing with both. The garage should be separated from the main roof structure.
When we lived in the Houston area many moons ago, most new home neighborhoods had detatched garages. One night one of the garages went up in flames, think it was a LeBaron Convertible that started the fire. The house was fine.
Desirable feature, but not common in my area unfortunately.
Easiest thing would be to keep the cable with the car..
and only a plug on the charger.
Of course then you have to make a million cables instead of thousands?
or maybe some type of unlocking retractable cable.. if its a huge pita it wont be a target.
All we know is fire isolated to garage near a Tesla happened.
Little dramatic they were going to die when a modern garage isolates fire and home should have working smoke/fire alarms .
We will never hear what actually happened and why. That is not interesting like the keywords of EV, fire , and maybe Tesla.
I am willing to bet that ICE has a worst record for vehicle fires/losses then EVs. There are so many not interesting……
I drive ICE btw and likely next to hybrid or PHEV unless a screaming used EV deal happens.
Little dramatic they were going to die when a modern garage isolates fire and home should have working smoke/fire alarms .
We will never hear what actually happened and why. That is not interesting like the keywords of EV, fire , and maybe Tesla.
I am willing to bet that ICE has a worst record for vehicle fires/losses then EVs. There are so many not interesting……
I drive ICE btw and likely next to hybrid or PHEV unless a screaming used EV deal happens.
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Considering how many more ICE vehicles there are vs. EVs, that would be a safe bet. When they're equal world wide the topic would be worth revisiting, and the stats might change. For now the jury is out. Having said that ask a fireman who has put out ICE fires and and EV fires which is worse, I did and the answer came as no surprise.