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Kyrgizion ,

Fire BAD!

NuXCOM_90Percent ,

I mean, it’s funny and ironic in that Alanis Morrisette kind of way. But it actually makes sense.

Fire hydrants are heavily engineered hunks of metal. Metal getting rammed into at speed is a great way to generate sparks. And lithium fires are scary as hell. There is areason ANYONE futzing around with lipos should have a bucket of sand handy and why, as the article states, first responders need to handle these specially.

It is a similar principle as to how you don’t pour water on a grease fire.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

out of curiosity, what do you pour on a water fire? I sure as hell know it’s not grease.

ch00f , (edited )

Ok a few things:

Batteries don’t need “a few sparks” to catch fire. They will generate plenty of heat if punctured and self-ignite.

You don’t pour water on a grease fire because grease floats and it will spill out of your pot and catch the rest of your kitchen on fire. Also the water will boil and splatter oil everywhere.

Also pouring water on a battery fire is the preferred way to put it out. Many of the chemicals in the battery will release oxygen when heated, so the best way to put it out is to cool it down as much as possible by dousing it with a shitload of water. It isn’t always possible to apply enough water to the core of the fire which is why they are hard to put out. Sand won’t do anything because the fire is self-oxidizing.

Yes lithium metal reacts with water, but that’s not what makes batteries hard to put out.

NuXCOM_90Percent ,

Yes. Apologies. I did not do a proper deep dive as a “Well ackshually” response to a joke post. I will endeavor to do better in the future.

cheese_greater ,

Move over Ford Pinto, there’s a new, more flammable kid in town

not_that_guy05 ,

Move over Nissan Altima, you mean. Altima in the 10’s were catching on fire if hit in the trunk area.

ThePantser ,
@ThePantser@lemmy.world avatar

The popular police cruiser Crown Victoria was also a bomb on wheels because the fuel tanks were in the back and unprotected.

autosafety.org/popular-police-cars-crown-victoria…

Pantsofmagic ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1b7baa9b-5cc5-4dbd-a972-5240e20845b4.jpeg

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