Jeff, this is the most recent document I have on the topic.
The video frame capture pic of the flying garage door hitting the fire
chief is pretty dramatic. But yes some incidents were DIY lithium battery
banks, some were EVs+chargers, etc. I don't think I've seen an official
after-action incident
Have there been any LFP catastrophic fires that weren’t homemade packs or bicycle packs without quality BMSs? All the fires I ‘ve heard of are LiPo or LiNMC - not LFP.Best JeffSent from my iPhoneOn Jan 12, 2025, at 12:55 PM, Jay via RE-wrenches wrote:You guys are making my point. Melting the cas
One comment with regard to Rolls AGM’s. I, like yourself, have sold very few
AGM’s over the years, preferring lead acid. But I supplied a set of Rolls AGM’s
to a client who self installed and didn’t recognize the need for a minimum 85a
charge. His inverter/pv combination was unable to supply tha
You guys are making my point. Melting the cases is not a fire. And every melted agm case is due to incorrect charging mechanisms. But there have been some cases on this site of catastrophic lithium failures. I am starting to see people asking about fires and lithium. These batteries are in the hous
I had the exact same thing happen(even down to the crowbar) with the only
set of full river 400 6's I've ever installed. I personally lean away from
agm though we've had pretty good luck with the Outback and Northstar PLR
platform over the year..
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 9:39 AM Ray Walters via RE
The only thermal runaway event I've ever seen, was with AGM in an over
insulated battery box. Got so hot that the cases fused to each other,
and we had to pry the batteries apart with a crow bar. She wants ZERO
risk of fire? She needs to live in a concrete bunker with no
electricity at all.
I hate to be the one to say it but LFP has arguably less fire risk than
agm. A short circuit in an agm could be disastrous and AGM is not
necessarily any safer or less prone to thermal runaway events than modern
LFP. I'd recommend a cobalt free LFP like homegrid, simpliphi, or midnite
if it were me
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