Never-tackle-an-e-bike-battery-fire-yourself-warns-fire-brigade-after-another-blaze

[saneagle]

Who's going to bet on the cause of Luton Airport burning?

BTW, one insurance company is no longer insuring electric cars and the others seem to be hiking the premiums substantially. One guy has the cost of his elecric Porche's insurance hiked from £600 to £3000.

 

[lenny]

Luton Airport burning

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2023/10/11/4828552344490164718/1024x576_MP4_4828552344490164718.mp4

 

[lenny]

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2023/10/11/7047368228023256430/1024x576_MP4_7047368228023256430.mp4

Is this the car that started the London Luton car park fire?

Fire crews spent some 12 hours battling the inferno at the airport's £20million Terminal Car Park 2 after the multi-storey was engulfed by flames and caved in just before 9pm last night.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[lenny]

https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/store/vid-media/efce9aa9/efce9aa9-mobile.mp4

Luton Airport: Video shows burning car that may have sparked inferno

Footage has emerged of a burning car that may have started the blaze at Luton Airport on Tuesday evening.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[lenny]

The only survivor of the fire, Mr Scott Peden, has stated that after the original battery was stolen, he replaced it with an online purchase and it seems this has overheated and caused the fire.

Replacement e-bike battery ‘led to deadly fire’ in Cambridge

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning people to buy replacement lithium ion batteries from reputable brands.

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk

 

[saneagle]

The only survivor of the fire, Mr Scott Peden, has stated that after the original battery was stolen, he replaced it with an online purchase and it seems this has overheated and caused the fire.

Replacement e-bike battery ‘led to deadly fire’ in Cambridge

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning people to buy replacement lithium ion batteries from reputable brands.

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk

I suspect that there's more to that story than is written in that article. I've never seen anything in a cheap Chinese battery that would cause a fire. I once saw a "professional" recell of a BionX battery that scared me to death. It had a whole range of different sized pouch cells in it that packed up after a week, luckily for the owner.

It wouldn’t surprise me if this was another Deliveroo rider, who had the brilliant idea to get a bigger battery then fast charge it to have less downtime. Sadly, we never get the details, so all the hysterics can have a field day.

 

[guerney]

Hi I'm a journalist looking at e-bike conversions. If you have experience with DIY conversions, faulty conversions and batteries, fires, or using a conversion as a food courier or delivery driver, please reply to this post of DM me. Thanks.

I suggest you start a new thread, instead of resurrecting oodles of old threads.

 

[warlord0]

Dig a hole in the garden, drop it in and cover it with soil. It will sort itself out eventually.

If you haven't got a garden, put it in the oven, that doesn't mind getting very hot for a while.
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[warlord0]

I suggest you start a new thread, instead of resurrecting oodles of old threads.

I replied to that zombie

 

[guerney]

I replied to that zombie

I'm sure his surname starts with "S" and ends with "n"... not Sturgeon.

 

[AndyBike]

One guy has the cost of his elecric Porche's insurance hiked from £600 to £3000.

WOW £600 for a standard petrol Porsche is extremely bloody good, never mind an electric one.
£800-1K is more the usual price for a standard Porsche.