My bike's battery exploded

[Handlebars]

I guess I was wrong, according to: https://resources.impactfireservices.com/how-do-you-put-out-lithium-ion-battery-fire a lithium battery would be Class B. No C or D needed.

Thanks for your report and the extinguisher information.

 

[tomjasz]

It seems that a fire blanket like the FAA approved is a reliable and seemingly far less intrusive.

I took my own advice and searched FAA guidelines.

http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/lithium-batteries.aspx.

AC 20-42D, chapter 4, subparagraph 1f

 

[6zfshdb]

I was driving down a highway in northern California, with the bike on a rack behind my van. I heard a loud pop, hiss, and plume of white smoke. Pulled over right away, and the driver behind me says my van is on fire. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran outside to see the lower battery was spewing flames. It melted its way off the bike (luckily it was the lower battery...) and I was able to extinguish it and push it away before any other batteries caught fire (there was another bike on the rack too) or I lost my camper van.

I'm not sure why it happened. It was not a hot day, the bikes were covered with a tarp to keep them dry and the road was not rough.

Keep a fire extinguisher close at hand...you might just need it. Could have been so much worse for me. I can't imagine the battery going off indoors.

I'm happy to hear no one was hurt and there wasn't more damage! It could have been far worse!

I may be overly paranoid about transporting e-bike batteries. I never do so with them installed on the bike. I also carry the batteries in a padded protective case when inside the vehicle.



Overkill? Maybe, but it does give me some peace of mind.

 

[tomjasz]

I'm happy to hear no one was hurt and there wasn't more damage! It could have been far worse!

I may be overly paranoid about transporting e-bike batteries. I never do so with them installed on the bike. I also carry the batteries in a padded protective case when inside the vehicle.

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Overkill? Maybe, but it does give me some peace of mind.

Under kill if there’s an overheating event. I’m definitely an over kill guy.