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To: BradyLS

“I though the way to put out an EV fire was to smother it with dirt?”

Red Badger sent me a link to a video a week or so ago showing a submerged tesla at a boat ramp burning under water....... BURNING UNDER WATER......I doubt dirts gonna do much. 😏


13 posted on 12/27/2023 7:10:09 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

As I understand it, an EV (lithium)battery burns under water because of the oxygen in the water. Dirt is supposed to smother the flames and deprive the fire of oxygen and it then goes out. Unless there is a different cumbustion process at work for EV battery fires.


24 posted on 12/27/2023 7:42:08 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: V_TWIN
“I though the way to put out an EV fire was to smother it with dirt?”

As I understand it you can also spray it down with Ground up Liberals.

28 posted on 12/27/2023 7:48:55 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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