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Originally Posted by Maine Sail
Please can someone lead me to some proof of LiFePO4 fires. I would like to read how they happened or even if they exist. I've been reading for many, many months and all I seem to find is that LiFePO4 is very, very safe except to your wallet when you over charge or go beyond the discharge knee..
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As with most fires it is hard to pin down exactly how they started. Neil Youngs LincVolt is a well publicized case.
There was a high-tech
boat that burned down. Some college teams had their car burned up.
San Francisco has had a couple EVs burn up while being charged at public stations.
The LiFePo
batteries themselves are not dangerous AT ALL. It is the
charging circuits and
wiring where things can go wrong. For an EV, it is particularly dangerous because people want to "fill up" in as short as time as possible, so the
power being stuffed in the
battery can be huge, to recharge in an hour or two. At these
power levels, any resistance can create large heat sources.
JackB