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Tesla battery explodes in home while owners try to charge it
WALB ^ | 01/30/2024

Posted on 01/30/2024 8:45:39 AM PST by devane617

Officials say a low-voltage, lithium-ion battery from a Tesla exploded, sending heavy smoke through a North Carolina home.

Cary Police say the owners of the Tesla removed one of the batteries from the car and took it in their house to charge it Saturday. While it was being charged, the battery short-circuited, and heavy smoke was released.

Four people suffering from smoke inhalation were evacuated from the home.

The battery involved in the accident was not a large, high-voltage battery that serves as a motor for an electric vehicle, according to firefighters. It was a 12-voltage battery similar to what is used to start a gas-powered car.

Firefighters say the car’s owners were having trouble with the battery and couldn’t get a replacement, so they removed it and brought it inside to try to charge it. The owners did not follow manufacturers’ instructions, and the lithium-ion battery exploded.

Firefighters reiterated the explosion was caused by user error, and the correct chargers must be used for lithium-ion batteries.

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To: woodbutcher1963

Same here. I’ve even passed on a handicapped spot right out front.


21 posted on 01/30/2024 9:03:06 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: devane617

Aren’t you glad you subsidized these boondoggles.


22 posted on 01/30/2024 9:03:08 AM PST by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: devane617

Safe and effective.


23 posted on 01/30/2024 9:04:34 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Leaning Right

I was waiting for the industrial response to battery powered vehicles. Each vehicle is bought with a set of two batteries. They are swapped out as the preferred charging method. One is charging while the other is operating. They are slid in and out with a hoist at the charging station next to a gantry. Batteries don’t get short cycled that way.


24 posted on 01/30/2024 9:05:04 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say about our leaders. Your refrigerator )
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To: devane617
Cary Police say the owners of the Tesla removed one of the batteries from the car and took it in their house to charge it Saturday. While it was being charged, the battery short-circuited, and heavy smoke was released.

 

Sounds like a dumb ass move. I bet the owners manual says not to do this Probably violates the warranty and neither the car insurance or homewoners insurannce will pay for damages.

25 posted on 01/30/2024 9:05:18 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: ComputerGuy

as a preemptive move, you might wanna have a hose at the ready if the house is close to yours- in the spring and summer and fall of course- Not to put out the fire, but to soak your house incase flames get out of control which they are more likely to with battery fires as they are really intense fires-


26 posted on 01/30/2024 9:05:22 AM PST by Bob434
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To: 9422WMR

LOL- too funny-


27 posted on 01/30/2024 9:06:14 AM PST by Bob434
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To: ComputerGuy
Next door has a Tesla. Haven't seen it since our last cold snap.

Electric cars have a heater that is meant to warm the battery up before it is charged. If this system does not work properly and somehow the battery is charged before it is warmed up, the cells that are still too cold can be permanently damaged. The battery has to be removed from the car and replaced. The dealer cannot make the required repairs to the battery themselves.

If the owners ignore the warning messages that will likely appear telling them there is something wrong with their battery... the likelihood that the battery will catch on fire are greatly increased.

28 posted on 01/30/2024 9:06:24 AM PST by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: devane617

Cary - Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.


29 posted on 01/30/2024 9:06:49 AM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: devane617
one too many charging chords used


30 posted on 01/30/2024 9:09:34 AM PST by Bob434
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To: All

Google search tells me....

An electric vehicle battery is the most expensive, typically costing $4,760 to $19,200. Next is solar batteries, which usually cost $6,800 to $10,700.Nov 29, 2023


31 posted on 01/30/2024 9:10:22 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: devane617

It would be funny if it wasn’t so laughable. Huh? scratches head


32 posted on 01/30/2024 9:12:41 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: gloryblaze

Even though the total weight of the battery pack is 1000 pounds. It is made up of a bunch of cells grouped together.

My understanding is that it is similar to taking a few hundred “D” batteries and wiring them altogether in series. The problem is that IF one of those single D batteries overcharges and overheats it can start a fire. Once one goes, the rest of them will catch and it is impossible to put the fire out.

The fact that they weigh so much also makes your tires wear out much faster than a ICE car of the same size.
For example a Toyota Camry weighs 3300-3500 pounds
a Tesla 3 weighs 3800-4000 pounds
a Tesla Model S weighs 4500-4700 pounds

These are all mid sized sedans. Yet the EVs weigh 500-1200 pounds more. The bigger the battery, the more power, the faster they go with an EV.


33 posted on 01/30/2024 9:18:47 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: No name given

this type of 12 volt battery (made with lithium not lead) is starting to find its way in to ICE cars as well. so be sure to know what kind of battery the car has when you purchase.


34 posted on 01/30/2024 9:19:12 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: Responsibility2nd

typically costing $4,760 to $19,200. Next is solar batteries, which usually cost $6,800 to $10,700.Nov 29, 2023

Makes me feel silly after complaining about the price of a 12 pack of double A’s


35 posted on 01/30/2024 9:19:43 AM PST by Zack Attack (✔)
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To: webheart

thats the problem. they connected a 12 volt lithium battery to a regular battery charger..

that is a sure way to make the battery go boom.

this is the battery in the story. Not the huge high voltage one in the floor of the car.
https://shop.teslarati.com/products/tesla-model-3-12v-battery-replacement-lithium


36 posted on 01/30/2024 9:21:30 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: devane617

Was the power source too strong for the battery? I’ve seen someone blow up a battery that was in their car because they tried to pour too much power into it, too fast.


37 posted on 01/30/2024 9:22:30 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: 9422WMR

This was a standard ICE automobile battery. The article was phrased to imply it was an EV at the beginning to create a “gotcha” moment for the glorified golf-cart nuts.


38 posted on 01/30/2024 9:24:07 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: Yo-Yo
... This dufus EV owner removed this accessory 12V lithium battery from his car and tried to recharge it using a standard 12V car battery charger, which would fry ANY lithium battery....

That's the part that eluded me.

I wondered, "who picks up something as big and hard-to-handle as an EV battery and drags it into his house?"

39 posted on 01/30/2024 9:28:08 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: blackdog

I was waiting for the industrial response to battery powered vehicles. Each vehicle is bought with a set of two batteries. They are swapped out as the preferred charging method. One is charging while the other is operating. They are slid in and out with a hoist at the charging station next to a gantry. Batteries don’t get short cycled that way.


Reminds me of how you can swap your empty propane bottles for full ones. Of course, if you’re not careful they will give you old, dented, rusted bottles for your pristine, new ones.

At least with the bottles you can tell what you’re getting with a glance...


40 posted on 01/30/2024 9:28:11 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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