Lithium ion Batteries.

[Foxy1956]

I've just read a post on a disability site showing a video of an exploding L ion battery. We currently have these batteries on 2 of Sue's scooters, my electric cycle and I expect we have them in our Hybrid Kia Niro.

One person's reaction was to get rid of their battery immediately. I believe in more rational thought. There must be millions of these batteries out there in all sorts of equipment.

What do other Funsters think?

 

[tonyidle]

I've just read a post on a disability site showing a video of an exploding L ion battery. We currently have these batteries on 2 of Sue's scooters, my electric cycle and I expect we have them in our Hybrid Kia Niro.

One person's reaction was to get rid of their battery immediately. I believe in more rational thought. There must be millions of these batteries out there in all sorts of equipment.

What do other Funsters think?

Same as you.

 

[DBK]

It is a known problem but almost always down to design and/or manufacturing error. What happens is they internally short-circuit but well made and well designed batteries don't do it.

 

[nabsim]

Hasn’t there already been a thread on here about exploding bike batteries? If worried keep them in a steel box I think was the general feeling.
My scooter battery’s are probably some form of lead acid tech but only thing I do is store inside the van in cold weather rather than an unheated external locker. That’s only because they drain quicker when cold

 

[funflair]

A Lipo bike battery went up next van but one from us at a rally, certainly a wake up but as you say very rare occurrence.

That was quite possibly the incident referred to above by nabsim

Martin

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[autorouter]

A Lipo bike battery went up next van but one from us at a rally,

Do you know for sure what kind of battery? Was it LiFePO4 or one of the other Li ion types. I was under the impression that LiFePO4 types do not explode or burn.

 

[eddie]

This must have been a great day at work!



I bet more lead acid batteries blow up/catch fire though

 

[funflair]

Do you know for sure what kind of battery? Was it LiFePO4 or one of the other Li ion types. I was under the impression that LiFePO4 types do not explode or burn.

Lithium Polymer, so not LiFePO4.

Martin

 

[thebriars]

I've about 20 lithium batteries at home. Little risk if they are charged correctly and not short circuited.