I'm not so sure about that television news report on the house fire allegedly ignited by a solar garden light.
Not that I doubt that it happened, but it shows a similar light being disassembled. In one shot we see a fairly obvious 600mah lithium cell inside the light. However, in the next shot, someone is holding a totally different cell, different color, different printing. I scent a little bit of fear-mongering in the clip, but that's pretty much a given with television news. That said, I agree, there's something to be concerned about here. I see increasing numbers of cheap rechargeable lights for sale in the budget stores. Many of them almost certainly use lithium cells. They include lights for wall mounted indoor use! At prices often well under 10 euros, I don't see how they could afford to include adequate protective circuitry. On the other end of the caution spectrum, I can't speak for every EV maker, but I do know that Renault is pretty prudent about its EVs' batteries. When any Renault EV is involved in a crash, they insist that the repair garage remove the battery and send it to a Renault battery service shop to be inspected and evaluated. I know this because it happened to us. Also, about a year ago, Renault developed a specific EV port for firefighters to use. It lets them directly flood the battery in case of a battery fire (or threat of one). David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = How do you know when you're on the right side of history? Simple. The wrong side will always tell you to be afraid. The right side will expect you to be courageous. -- J B Pritzer = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/
