Watch Charging Scooter Explode

[PedalUma]

This just in. Watch a charging scooter inside a London apartment explode. Comments welcome.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/19/escooter-fire-kitchen-london-cprog-orig-mg-ff.cnn

 

[Rexlion]

I swear I will never, ever charge any battery-powered device inside a London apartment! (I live in the States)

 

[Asher]

This just in. Watch a charging scooter inside a London apartment explode. Comments welcome.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/19/escooter-fire-kitchen-london-cprog-orig-mg-ff.cnn

Always baffles me how fire departments will cluck on and on about safety but won't actually announce the culprit, i.e. the maker of the faulty vehicle. Your whole message is pointless without that info!

 

[JedidiahStolzfus]

I wonder how many fires are related to charging the battery while still connected to the machine vs charging the battery separately. Every battery fire video I've seen the battery is always still on the machine.

 

[Asher]

I wonder how many fires are related to charging the battery while still connected to the machine vs charging the battery separately. Every battery fire video I've seen the battery is always still on the machine.

This fixation on charging in the long run is irrelevant. If we couldn't charge our phones overnight without risk of fire, we'd be phoneless or homeless. The obvious answer is to ban garbage that can burn your house down if you doze off.

 

[PedalUma]

People are buying the cheapest stuff thinking, 'What a bargain!' Then it explodes. Three batteries arrived here today in aluminum cases, that use these cells to this specification. https://www.orbtronic.com/content/samsung-35e-datasheet-inr18650-35e.pdf
I do not want all batteries lumped together.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Now I will never be able to have a good sleep Uma.

 

[PedalUma]

@Stefan Mikes, Here is the poetic irony. Guess what just came in for a tire change seconds ago? I will work on it tomorrow. I put it in a vacant office's closet that has double drywall and two exterior stucco walls. It also has a sprinkler directly above the two wheeled military grade explosive device. I thought of you today while working on a Gravel Adventure bike.

 

[mata2maui]

Now I will never be able to have a good sleep Uma.

Store your batteries in the (cold) BBQ .

 

[PedalUma]

Store your batteries in the (cold) BBQ .

Just get high quality batteries with top-shelf BMS and not in a plastic case. This is scary, particularly in cities, where you don't know if someone else close by has a ticking scooter 'balm' that could cause a Disco Inferno 100 stories high.

 

[Bubba zanetti]

DiscoInferno is exactly like my riding gear …burnin … burnin. ….

 

[PedalUma]

. Fireworks inside are not the best idea.