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

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On a sunny day (Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:49:18 +0100) it happened Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote in <vahc1v$2c6k6$1@dont-email.me>:

>On 25/08/2024 16:04, john larkin wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 11:42:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On a sunny day (Sun, 25 Aug 2024 09:54:36 +0100) it happened
>>> liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) wrote in
>>> <1qyubga.1kavnyx1f0m91cN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>:
>>>
>>>> Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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...
>>>>
>>>> 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...
>> 
>> 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.
>
>Isn't that also a means of access for the criminal fraternity?
>
>>> 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 ....
>> 
>> Does residential wind power make any sense?
>
>Only if you want to annoy your neighbours with a loud whirring noise 
>when the wind is blowing. Of course, it depends on who you believe, and 
>who is providing full information. See 
><https://tesup.com/uk/blogs/post/how-loud-are-household-wind-turbines>
> From the information these wind turbine sellers provide it looks looks 
>really good - only 35 dB!

Interesting site., seems cheap.. downloaded their 'book', will have a read.
And located in Belgium.. EU
400 euro / dollars for a 10 kW setup...




>See the same graph at <https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/sound>, 
>and you'll see that states the sound level is the same. BUT it also 
>notes in the caption under the graph "At 300 meters away, which is the 
>nearest distance a wind turbine typically is to a building, the sounds 
>produced by a large wind energy project range from 35–45 decibels..."
>
>So as long as you're 300 metres (1000ft) from the domestic turbine the 
>sound level shouldn't bother you. How many urban or even suburban areas 
>do you know where the 300m distance is likely?
>
>-- 
>Jeff
>
>

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Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-25 05:16 +0000
  Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2024-08-25 09:54 +0100
    Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-25 11:42 +0000
      Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react BillGill <tonisdad215@gmail.com> - 2024-08-25 08:32 -0500
        Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-26 06:30 +0000
          Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-08-26 09:00 -0700
      Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-08-25 08:04 -0700
        Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-26 06:26 +0000
        Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-26 08:49 +0100
          Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2024-08-26 11:10 +0100
            Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-26 12:31 +0100
              Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2024-08-26 13:25 +0100
          Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-26 10:22 +0000
          Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-30 07:07 +0000
      Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2024-08-25 09:19 -0700
        Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2024-08-25 09:28 -0700
        Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-26 06:10 +0000
  Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react john larkin <jlarkin_highland_tech> - 2024-08-26 08:36 -0700
    Re: Electric vehicle battery fires, what to know and how to react Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-08-27 05:31 +0000

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