When DIY Li-Ion battery bank goes bad !
You can watch the whole video here The key take away is "when that one battery blew, it shot a flame out 3 feet !" Those cells were some type of Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2) cells, which ...
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MrWizard wrote:
interesting video
probable cause "HEAT"
i NOTICED he put 100 cells in parallel ( he referred to each pack as (1) cell, (in reality each pack was a 3.7v 300amphr battery consisting of 100 cells) ...
Reminds me of the Boeing 787 battery issues !
The stupidest thing Boeing did was to not vent the battery compartment to the OUTSIDE. In the event of some failure that produced smoke, it was kept inside the plane, same as this guys design.
