Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Car Charger Hazard

[John Carver (jcarver]

Well I suppose a "Battery University" ought to know. Here's their take 
on the risk:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_concerns_with_li_ion
Apparently the industry term is "rapid disassembly".

All emerging technologies carry a risk. Fire departments are now having 
to learn how to fight fires in homes with roof-mounted solar panels. Not 
that the solar panels start fires necessarily, but they create problems 
for firefighters.
1. It limits their ability to fight the fire by breaking through the roof.
2. Because the panels are generating power, not just using power from a 
source that can be disconnected, they create an added electrical hazard.

John Carver
Pacific Gardens Cohousing, Nanaimo, BC <http://pacificgardens.ca/>
(where we were recently approved for subsidy for EV charging station 
installation)

On 26/08/2016 5:08 AM, Susan Dowds wrote:
> At Cornerstone Cohousing in Cambridge MA we have a household that wants to buy 
> an electric car, and mount a charging station on an exterior wall, near the  
> parking space.  An adjacent household has heard things about the risk of 
> melt-down and fire of lithium ion batteries like those used in electric cars, 
> and does not want the charger anywhere near their unit.  Have you encountered a 
> similar situation, and if so, how did you handle it?
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