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A little duct tape and that thing would be like new !They don't mention the type of ebike or battery manufacturer or whether the charger was original manufacturer or not. That would be nice to know....
E-bike left on charge blamed after fire engulfs Sydney home
More than 20 firefighters sent to three-level Darlinghurst terrace to put out the blaze
The follow up story stated that the bike is now faster due to the shed weight and the battery last longer
Most have cut off features, I did read somewhere they used a different charger than OEM.What frustrates me is that, this sort of article does not help at all (because it gives no information) other than implanting an image of ebikes' propensity to explode.
We don't even know what cells were used, was it some kind of no-brand cells or brand name cell?
Was BMS used? Is so, which one?
What was the charger used? Did it have a correct voltage? Did the charger have safety feature?
What was the charging rate? Did they use the correct charger?
Was the battery pack amateur built? or was it professionally built?
Did the battery suffer any prior damage? Was it dropped? Dented?
I am not sure leaving it overnight would cause fire.. don't chargers have cut-off feature once the battery is full?
Or will charger keep charging regardless?
OEM= the charger that came with the batteryI have no idea what they meant by OEM charger.
We think the motor was BBSHD, which indicates it is (most likely) custom built bike, judging by how externally mounted.
(Eunorau and Biktrix usually hide their motor in the frame compartment)
The question is though, who built that battery pack and what charger it was used.
The battery builders and charger companies are usually different.
As we know, many ebike companies sell different chargers. They're not charger manufactures, but they just pick one of those generic chargers with many brands.
Well I hope my metal tool box with fiberglass matting would at least slow a battery fire down! Hope I never have to find out!They don't mention the type of ebike or battery manufacturer or whether the charger was original manufacturer or not. That would be nice to know....
E-bike left on charge blamed after fire engulfs Sydney home
More than 20 firefighters sent to three-level Darlinghurst terrace to put out the blaze
Here's the article from the BBC, (note the fire dept's statement about "OEM" chargers_).:OEM= the charger that came with the battery
That one slightly shiny battery might be saveable !I found slightly larger photo from here: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...sive-sydney-factory-fire-20210319-p57c4s.html
It's hard to tell the route cause of fire though
Chilling pictures reveal devastating damage from Sydney terrace inferno
Haunting new images reveal the blackened insides of a three-storey inner Sydney terrace whose seven residents are lucky to be alive.www.news.com.au
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If you were a local mechanic with a reputation to uphold, you would a) have a good sense of which component suppliers are trustworthy and b) wouldn't risk your reputation to save $50 on batteries that could burn a customer's house down. A reputable mechanic is a self-regulating entity, a DIYer is a loose Cannon. Maybe most DiYers do a fine job, but when the risk is burning down a building with people in it, most isn't good enough.
I didn't say DIY... I said GENERIC and gave examples of what I meant so again try to keep to your skill level and keep with counting up to 10."I don't think there is anything inherently dangerous with non-doctors conducting surgery, as long as they use all the same equipment and procedures as professional surgeons."
Personally, if I were a landlord or property manager, I'd forbid tenants from storing DIY conversion bikes (unless a reputable local ebike mechanic did it for them, and that's no longer DIY). And of course Amazon and whoever will sell anything and everything until it bites them in the ass, and that's far from happening with ebikes. (It did with those hovermobiles a decade ago.)
These kinds of incidents are rare but then again, so are DIY ebikes.
Aussies do like a fiery DIY ebike:
E-Bike Battery Explodes, Burning 79-Year-Old Cyclist and Causing Bushfire
Witnesses said the flames reached as high as 10 feet in the air.
Building a DIY battery pack takes the proper skills, tools and experience which in my opinion is best left to a manufacturing facility such as EM3EV... Same goes for a charger.
Curious... How are you implementing the tool box. Are you placing the battery inside to charge?
If you have a battery that can't be left unattended to charge, you have a bomb waiting to go off. And hardware that's a cruel joke unfit for mass use.
Can't be 100% positive but I believe just about every battery charger/ battery I've seen no matter the device... the instructions state to Not Charge Unattended and to not charge near combustible materials.
I think the concept of unattended is being taken too literally. I think the intent is to not plug it in and forget about it and/or leave it plugged into the charger to be always top' d off.
