Posted on 09/20/2022 3:02:18 PM PDT by Vendome
A Tesla Megapack battery caught fire this morning at the local utility company PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery Storage facility in Monterey County, California, as reported by local news stations KSBW Action News 8 and KRON4.
Now there’s an alert from Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, North County Fire Protection District, and Pacific Gas & Electric issuing a shelter-in-place advisory for nearby areas, complete with an interactive map showing which areas are affected and road closures.
The fire started at around 1:30AM this morning, according to PG&E’s operations comm manager, Jeff Smith. Smith tells The Verge that PG&E is working with fire and emergency services to provide enough space to safely stop the spread of the fire. As of 1:55PM ET, it appears that the fire is still burning.
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15 hours later...
That’s the problem with it. It ain’t got any gas in it!
article conveniently leaves out the fact that this is “storage” facility that attempts to “store” “green” electricity ...
What our “betters” want for us!
This fire is an excellent example that the laws of physics are harsh and unforgiving. Green lunatics don’t comprehend nature’s realities. If they remain in power everyone suffers.
Physics, chemistry, design, and engineering are so easy.
The thought that rich lefties will have these things in their garages warms my heart.
;-)
For future reference
Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.
“Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.”
Depends on the circumstances...
Dealing with “energy” is inherently dangerous.
I think we’re going to see you are right.
A shill?
I get irritated with myself when I leave a 24 or 40 v battery in the charger overnight.
I wonder how the insurance actuaries will rate homes with these solar powered battery storage systems.
This business will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
“Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.”
Better than gas tanks!
The technology, while it looked great on paper, still has not arrived. Battery storage of electrical energy is still a very tricky proposition, and might never be perfected to the point of complete reliability, but then, what is?
The biggest problem is the control of the fire resulting from an amperage spike, from too great of either energy discharge or induction. Normal methods of fire suppression do not work, not even oxygen deprivation, as the energy continues to flow uncontrollably, re-igniting the blaze as the out-of-control chemical reactions, and the side reactions generate as much heat as an open blaze, if not more.
An oxygen-fed fire is almost comforting by comparison. These types of fire are more like a plasma arc, as found in an arc welder, and the heat is as intense as the surface of the sun.
+1 Sir!
Teddy Roosevelt said something about the man in the arena that fits your post perfectly.
Actually a bullet will go thru a gas tank with no consequences other than a leak.
True that.
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