Battery fire

[pictsidhe]

Tesla 12 or 16V battery fire while being charged off the car indoors:

https://www.wral.com/story/tesla-ba...er-being-removed-and-charged-inside/21256187/

I'd bet that the BMS was bypassed to charge this Tesla LV battery. This is just not safe. A BMS will brick a battery for safety reasons. Never try to revive a bricked battery. Instead, bend over, grab your ankles and buy a new one. It still works out far cheaper than a house.

 

[Paul K]

OK let's be clear here. It was not the traction battery which caught fire. It was the 12V battery which I believe is lead/acid. These can give off hydrogen gas when being charged from a very low state. It wouldn't need to have an internal short circuit (although it may have) to cause an explosion. Hydrogen gas wafting into the pilot light of a gas appliance would do it. Of course because a Tesla was involved it makes for sensational news once again falsely promulgating the idea that EVs catch fire more easily. If it was an LI battery then a bad cell may well have been the cause.

 

[pictsidhe]

It was a LiIon 12v or 16v battery.
People like to crack them open and bypass the BMS on dead ones.