And pray to God it doesn't catch on fire. And if it does, let's hope the EV is not parked in your garage.
Posted on 09/23/2022 5:41:31 PM PDT by moovova
It’s no secret that some electric cars have been susceptible to their lithium batteries catching fire.
What’s increasingly becoming known to fire departments is how difficult those blazes are to put out. A Stamford, Connecticut, fire involving a Tesla took three times the normal effort to extinguish, according to the Stamford Fire Department.
And this fire was perhaps an easy one — the car’s batteries fell out of the vehicle onto the ground...
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
LoL. Well you just saved hundreds of millions in extra equipment and fire crews.
Only if he’s a democrat or nuts. But I repeat myself.
What are you talking about? I just finished a class on this very subject yesterday. As the practice stands now, it is going to require a large amount of water and time. It is best to submerge the vehicle or battery, if possible. There will be hours involved in either putting the fire out and/or monitoring it. These things aren’t really considered out for 24-72 hours, depending on what the system is. Reigniting in the first 24 hours is common without submersion or battery removal by a qualified technician who can isolate the battery.
These battery problems exist with the batteries on home and business solar system that have batteries as well. CA had a large public utility battery array burn recently. It’s interesting how this isn’t mainstream news. They are big, nasty, time, man and equipment consuming events.
You’re exactly right, they want all us peons on public transportation or walking or biking. That’s what they’re hiding.
Truth is, the real hardcore leftist liberals want most of us dead.
Not according to Tesla. Their instructions say specifically to use water, not foam. And foam DEFINITELY won't put it out because the source of the fire is the heat from dead shorts between adjacent battery cells. Depriving it of oxygen is pointless.
The objective of the water isn't to deprive the fire of oxygen, it's to cool the batteries to below the auto-ignition temperature of lithium. Which is problematic because the batteries burn so hot, and are buried so deep in the chassis, that most of the water is converted to steam before it reaches where it could do some good.
The Euro-Weenies have found that the best way is to send a dumpster full of water (a swimming pool on wheels) and a crane rather than fire trucks. They pick the car up and drop it in the tank of water. The standing water gets down deep into the chassis and is of large enough volume that it doesn't all boil off before the batteries are cooled.
Here they are preparing to drip a BMW i8 into the water tank:
And here's the same car once it was in the water:
No more burning Bimmer.
The Drive has a story on the incident depicted here:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/27181/see-an-emergency-crews-shocking-way-of-extinguishing-a-fiery-bmw-i8
That’s probably a good idea.
Many years ago least we forget “Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist responsible for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.”.
What damage could an EV do in the hands of a terrorist like him?
Burning lithium batteries I’m sure are not toxic to breath.
What post of mine was your dissertation based on? By the way, I do not disagree with anything in your post 24.
What post of mine was your dissertation based on? By the way, I do not disagree with anything in your post 24.
Verbatim from Tesla.com:
If the battery catches fire, is exposed to high heat, or is generating heat or gases, use large amounts of water to cool the battery. It can take between approximately 3,000-8,000 gallons (11,356-30,283 liters) of water,* applied directly to the battery, to fully extinguish and cool down a battery fire; always establish or request additional water supply early. If water is not immediately available, use CO2, dry chemicals, or another typical fire-extinguishing agent to fight the fire until water is available.
NOTE: Tesla does not recommend the use of foam on electric vehicles.
Apply water directly to the battery. If safety permits, lift or tilt the vehicle for more direct access to the battery (see chapter 2). Water may be applied onto the pack from a safe distance ONLY if a natural opening (such as a vent or opening from a collision) already exists. Do not open the battery for the purpose of cooling it.
Tesla does not recommend placing the vehicle in a large tank of water.
Sourced from: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2021_Model_S_Emergency_Response_Guide_en.pdf
* An estimate of 8000 gallons is wildly optimistic. Most reports in the news state that at least twice that much was used, sometimes as much as 35,000 gallons.
Did they get a deduction on their taxes?
Sorry. Misunderstood.
There already have been 50+ people killed by Tesla battery fires. Dunno 'bout pets.
IIRC, there were fewer than 30 people killed by fires from ruptured gas tanks in Pintos before Ford got taken to the woodshed.
Excellent. I really did like your post 24.
Interesting.
The vaxxxxxxines are working will in killing people.
Ping...
Wow!
“Are Lithium Batteries Dangerous? Is it safe to drive Tesla Car?”
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