uwxplorer
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You charge them for whatever duration you are able to and repeat. You bring them to work. You find workarounds. You can do it!Me!
How the hell am I supposed to watch them for 6 or 8 hours?
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You charge them for whatever duration you are able to and repeat. You bring them to work. You find workarounds. You can do it!Me!
How the hell am I supposed to watch them for 6 or 8 hours?
There absolutely is lithium in lithium-ion batteries.
I researched how one faulty battery could start a killer fire chain reaction. A non-certified battery, like a cheap spare, can overheat from moisture exposure or low-quality insulation layers between the cells, causing a runaway thermal reaction (932 degrees F in seconds). Once the highly reactive lithium ignites, it cannot be put out with fire extinguishers, which can disperse the lithium, spreading the fire. Using water to put out a lithium fire is debated, since it re-ignites, but this method is approved for airlines.
Sure.Yes what ACTUALLY happened matters, because if we start creating regulations, laws, and procedures based on fear of what could theoretically happen vs what actually happens we will all end up regulated to death.
We all accept a certain risk in everything that we do. When I drive a car I accept a risk of injury or death, the question is what is the amount of risk that I, and society, is willing to accept. Just because something can happen does not mean that the probability of it happening is high enough to warrant regulation or controls. So what ACTUALLY happened does matter.
USCG Regulations that would ban overly powerful Li-ion batteries or there unattended charging or anything that would prevent or at least reduce the the possibility of a repetition of this tragedy would have my support.
This does indicate the concern over battery charging, power strips etc.USCG bulletin after their initial investigation
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO Documents/5p/MSIB/2019/MSIB_008_19.pdf?ver=2019-09-10-115632-287
I take my smoke & CO alarm with me for any overnight trip anywhere. Most hotel rooms in the US don't have CO alarms, and in Mexico, they may not have either.Ignoring the technical argument around the fire, I do find it comforting to know that it is likely they died before the actual fire reached them. That being said, has anybody added a portable smoke/CO detector to their LOB kit? I am starting to hit a bunch of LOBs (well, WAS before covid hit) and was thinking something like the below would be cheap peace of mind. Anybody have any experience with these types of units?
https://www.amazon.com/Monoxide-Det...ds=portable+co+detector&qid=1589729685&sr=8-7
I charge them in fire retardant bags on my concrete garage floor but I dont necessarily watch themYou charge them for whatever duration you are able to and repeat. You bring them to work. You find workarounds. You can do it!
This is so sad. If they had just a little more time some may of had made it off. TerribleSanta Barbara Independent 19 May 2020
‘Conception’ Coroner Reports Reveal Victims’ Attempt to Escap
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States some had footwear and jackets on which may indicate some were awakened. All were overcome by smoke . Burns were post-mortem. Bodies would have been moved from location of death when boat sank and rolled.