« Les incendies qui sont provoqués par ce type de batteries […] sont extrêmement difficiles à éteindre, puisque les cellules ont tendance à s’auto-entretenir lorsqu’elles brûlent, ce qui explique la violence et la rapidité de propagation de l’incendie », a-t-il précisé lors d’un point de presse au tribunal de Reims. « C’est manifestement strictement accidentel », a-t-il ajouté.
“Fires caused by this type of battery […] are extremely difficult to extinguish, since the cells tend to self-sustain when they burn, which explains the violence and speed with which the fire spreads,” he said during a press briefing at the Reims court. “It is clearly strictly accidental,”
And don’t leave it charging overnight when you’re asleep (or when you’re away from the house… although the outcome of a burned down but empty house is less tragic than what happened in this story)
Back when I had a hobby that used high C LiPo packs, I only charged them inside of an old ammo box that sat on a breeze block outside of the kitchen door.
And that was using an expensive LiPo charger that monitored packs via a separate connector whilst charging and stopped (with warning lights and sounds) at the first sign of trouble.
Another thing to note about this are the dangers of living in a block or terrace home. Anyone can by proximity be affected by the choices made by neighbours. Cheap synthetic upholstery, rugs and curtains burn like accelerants with toxic fumes.
I posted this recent tragedy just to make folk aware of possibilities re E-Trots (and anything similar)…
as a cause of house-fires… not only starting 'em, but being very difficult to extinguish.
Last year, my HP laptop was running hotter and hotter. My husband noticed that my keyboard was getting distorted and looked at the battery. It was about double it’s normal size. We contacted the company I bought it from, and they dismissed the fact it might be a fire hazard. After some research, it appears that many fires are caused by lithium batteries.
That happened to a friend’s boss in the UK. The fire was massive , 8 bedroom country pile burnt pretty much to the ground. It was made worse by the security gates not being able to be opened to let the fire brigade in as the fire destroyed the all singing and dancing video entry system…
My brother used to work for compaq, they had several catch fire on the bench early days. Good news is the li-on should be replaced with safer tech as they are coming along now.
