1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.AVIATION.SOARING

  • Eerie happenings in Erie

    From kinsell@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 16:22:22 2023
    https://kdvr.com/news/local/explosion-inside-erie-garage-sends-firefighters-garage-door-flying

    For all you fan-boyz so eager to fly electric, here's your chance.
    Three battery related fires in a week and a half, in one fire district.

    Not too long ago in nearby Longmont, a Tesla caught fire, burned up the
    rest of the (ice) cars in the carport, and then burned out an eight-unit apartment building. No doubt logged as one BEV and seven ICE fires in
    the statistics.

    -Dave

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From kinsell@21:1/5 to kinsell on Fri Apr 14 17:15:40 2023
    Correction, it wasn't three fires in a week and a half, it was three *additional* fires.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpfYtTPzEmU

    So were these lead-acid batteries? Nope. Zinc-carbon? Nope. Alkaline?
    Nope.

    But you've got to hand it to these lithium things, they can make a
    garage door fly! Without even a thermal.




    On 4/13/23 4:22 PM, kinsell wrote:
    https://kdvr.com/news/local/explosion-inside-erie-garage-sends-firefighters-garage-door-flying

    For all you fan-boyz so eager to fly electric, here's your chance. Three battery related fires in a week and a half, in one fire district.

    Not too long ago in nearby Longmont, a Tesla caught fire, burned up the
    rest of the (ice) cars in the carport, and then burned out an eight-unit apartment building.  No doubt logged as one BEV and seven ICE fires in
    the statistics.

    -Dave


    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From 2G@21:1/5 to kinsell on Sat Apr 15 17:38:53 2023
    On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 4:15:45 PM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
    Correction, it wasn't three fires in a week and a half, it was three *additional* fires.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpfYtTPzEmU

    So were these lead-acid batteries? Nope. Zinc-carbon? Nope. Alkaline?
    Nope.

    But you've got to hand it to these lithium things, they can make a
    garage door fly! Without even a thermal.
    On 4/13/23 4:22 PM, kinsell wrote:
    https://kdvr.com/news/local/explosion-inside-erie-garage-sends-firefighters-garage-door-flying

    For all you fan-boyz so eager to fly electric, here's your chance. Three battery related fires in a week and a half, in one fire district.

    Not too long ago in nearby Longmont, a Tesla caught fire, burned up the rest of the (ice) cars in the carport, and then burned out an eight-unit apartment building. No doubt logged as one BEV and seven ICE fires in
    the statistics.

    -Dave


    We are bound to see move BEV fires as these things age and dendrite growth takes place.

    Also, how are people supposed to recharge these things in cold climates? I suppose some have battery heaters, but they won't do the job in very cold weather.

    Tom

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)