Any electrical system can burn up. All you need it to short the battery if there is no fuse or you bypass the fuse then the wire becomes the fuse and can easily catch plastic on fire
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 16, 2018, at 11:50 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > brucedp5 via EV wrote: >> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-andover-massachusetts-michelle-kline-kids-electric-toy-car-bursts-into-flames-video/ >> Mother yanks 2 children from electric toy car before it's engulfed in flames > > There's got to be more to the story. > > It looks like one of the classic "Powerwheels" jeeps that have been sold for > 20+ years. My son had one, and so have numerous friends. I've fixed them for > friends and neighbors for years. > > The last time I saw them in the stores, they were still using lead-acid > batteries, which basically can't burn. I don't know of anything in these toys > that would burn light that! > > I'm wondering if somone substituted some cheap substandard lithium battery > pack in it? > > -- > "Verschlimmbessern" (German, verb) - To make something worse by > trying to improve it. (English translation: "Microsoft"?) > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
