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<blockquote data-quote="Occasional_panner" data-source="post: 364886" data-attributes="member: 7956"><p>Lifepo4 batteries are a lot safer than Lipo. Most lithium fires are Lipo rather than Lithium ion, but they both are scary when they go poop.</p><p>I had a Lipo in my trady toolbox on the back of my ute, it was just sitting there, not being charged or recently used, it was undamaged in a hard case. It was the size of a mars bar, anyway it caught fire for no bloody reason. The gasses created blew the door open with an almighty bang, I mean an almighty bang.</p><p>Things that create huge amounts of gasses or explosive reactions are best left vented rather that tightly sealed, that just creates a bomb.</p><p>A hole at one end with a decent size rubber grommet would stop it turning into a bomb.</p><p>But the quality of the battery has a lot to do with it and how often they are balanced, even then it's relatively rare for them to let out the magic smoke.</p><p>It's probably something to be aware of, but not worried about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occasional_panner, post: 364886, member: 7956"] Lifepo4 batteries are a lot safer than Lipo. Most lithium fires are Lipo rather than Lithium ion, but they both are scary when they go poop. I had a Lipo in my trady toolbox on the back of my ute, it was just sitting there, not being charged or recently used, it was undamaged in a hard case. It was the size of a mars bar, anyway it caught fire for no bloody reason. The gasses created blew the door open with an almighty bang, I mean an almighty bang. Things that create huge amounts of gasses or explosive reactions are best left vented rather that tightly sealed, that just creates a bomb. A hole at one end with a decent size rubber grommet would stop it turning into a bomb. But the quality of the battery has a lot to do with it and how often they are balanced, even then it's relatively rare for them to let out the magic smoke. It's probably something to be aware of, but not worried about. [/QUOTE]
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