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Related: About this forumNew Jersey homeowner's electricity-savings DIY project sets house on fire
New Jersey homeowner’s electricity-savings DIY project sets house on fire
Dan Alexander | August 14, 2024
EDISON — A homeowner's attempt to save some money on his electric bill backfired Tuesday afternoon when the lithium ion phosphate batteries in his garage caught fire.
Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said it took firefighters over an hour to put out the flames after the batteries being used as the power source for his a home on Hill Road caught fire in the garage attached to a home.
"He was harvesting electricity, using his own lithium ion phosphate batteries," Bryan told New Jersey 101.5. "They were around his house and some sheds in his yard. He had some solar panels outside of the house. And he was storing some of the batteries in the garage."
A hazardous materials unit also responded to the fire.
Bryan said the homeowner had wires and cables running underground. The homeowner was not charged and firefighters kept the fire confined to the house...More:
https://nj1015.com/firefighters-battle-lithium-battery-blaze/
Installing a used EV battery for your house?
Might want to notify your home insurance company.
Which will undoubtedly require inspection and certification. Most weigh more than half a ton. So you won't be able to throw it into a pickup truck. The inspector will have to come to your house.
Batteries: Truly Green? Time will tell...
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New Jersey homeowner's electricity-savings DIY project sets house on fire (Original Post)
Caribbeans
Aug 2024
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ExciteBike66
(2,640 posts)1. Lol, love the scary comment at the end...
Billions of batteries out there, but some yahoo does his own electrical work and now batteries=scary!
The thing that stood out to me is that this particular battery chemistry is one of the more stable ones.
Sneederbunk
(15,274 posts)2. There were a couple of holes in this plan.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,605 posts)3. Mostly a FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) hit-piece on lithium batteries
Very little information about this particular fire and setup; lots of talk about other fires.
No useful information at all.