Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoNew nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cyclesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1288
arrow-up1288external-linkNew nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cyclesinterestingengineering.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agomaybe in a shed off the side of your house? i would not want that fire attached to my structure in a failure.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoIt’s not lithium. This battery wouldn’t be a fire hazard.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 hours agoif it’s charged it’s a fire hazard. i’ve seen nickel cadmiums go up in weird ways. we’re talking about your largest investment, prudence is warranted.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoMy house is charged. It’s a fire hazard. It is waaaaaaay more likely that they’ll be an issue with an EV or ice car in your garage to catch fire than a storage battery like this. This or sodium batteries can’t have a runaway thermal “event”. The chemical reactions aren’t there for it.
maybe in a shed off the side of your house? i would not want that fire attached to my structure in a failure.
It’s not lithium. This battery wouldn’t be a fire hazard.
if it’s charged it’s a fire hazard. i’ve seen nickel cadmiums go up in weird ways. we’re talking about your largest investment, prudence is warranted.
My house is charged. It’s a fire hazard.
It is waaaaaaay more likely that they’ll be an issue with an EV or ice car in your garage to catch fire than a storage battery like this. This or sodium batteries can’t have a runaway thermal “event”. The chemical reactions aren’t there for it.