battery fire

"Callistus Valerius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have one light set, where you hang a lithium ion battery from a
carbon
fiber top tube. With all these revelations with Dell laptops, and cell
phones starting on fire, because of their lithium ion batteries, this is
causing some concern for me. If the lithium ion battery starts on fire
under my carbon fiber top tube, how long can it burn before the tube is
damaged? If the top tube is compromised, how would the bike crash?

I can't tell you about your battery, but the Dell batteries have problems
from the manufacturing process. Not all lithium ion batteries are having
issues, otherwise you would be seeing all laptop and cell phone manufactures
recalling batteries.

-Fred

Callistus Valerius said:

I have one light set, where you hang a lithium ion battery from a
carbon fiber top tube. With all these revelations with Dell laptops,
and cell phones starting on fire, because of their lithium ion
batteries, this is causing some concern for me. If the lithium ion
battery starts on fire under my carbon fiber top tube, how long can
it burn before the tube is damaged? If the top tube is compromised,
how would the bike crash?

You're smart to be concerned. Send the bike and light set to me for
complete testing and evaluation.

(BTW, chicks dig fast bikes on fire. Helps 'em see ya at night, too!)

Bill Sornson said:

Callistus Valerius said:

I have one light set, where you hang a lithium ion battery from a
carbon fiber top tube. With all these revelations with Dell laptops,
and cell phones starting on fire, because of their lithium ion
batteries, this is causing some concern for me. If the lithium ion
battery starts on fire under my carbon fiber top tube, how long can
it burn before the tube is damaged? If the top tube is compromised,
how would the bike crash?

You're smart to be concerned. Send the bike and light set to me for
complete testing and evaluation.

(BTW, chicks dig fast bikes on fire. Helps 'em see ya at night, too!)

Nomex bib shorts are the latest thing. Use a safety gel instead of chamois cream
with the asbestos chamois.

Ron

"Callistus Valerius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have one light set, where you hang a lithium ion battery from a
carbon
fiber top tube. With all these revelations with Dell laptops, and cell
phones starting on fire, because of their lithium ion batteries, this is
causing some concern for me. If the lithium ion battery starts on fire
under my carbon fiber top tube, how long can it burn before the tube is
damaged? If the top tube is compromised, how would the bike crash?

Usually the battery shorting out and catching on fire happens during the
charging process.
So don't charge the battery on the bike.
Only some batteries have this problem, in Dell's case a manufacuring problem
came to light.
Yes if the battery catches fire it could very likely damage the carbon fibre
frame.
But it depends on the carrier, how the carrier is designed and what
materials the carrier is made out of.
I have been messing around with and using Lithium Ion batteries for quite a
while and have yet to have one go off on me.
Knock on wood. When I started they were extremely expensive, so I wound up
using old surplus cells and batteries from other sources for my needs.
At that time I had to make my own special chargers for them too. So I was
very concerned about getting a battery to burn up on me.

Callistus Valerius said:

I have one light set, where you hang a lithium ion battery from a carbon
fiber top tube. With all these revelations with Dell laptops, and cell
phones starting on fire, because of their lithium ion batteries, this is
causing some concern for me. If the lithium ion battery starts on fire
under my carbon fiber top tube, how long can it burn before the tube is
damaged? If the top tube is compromised, how would the bike crash?

It can't possibly get damaged enough to crash before you notice a fricking
explosion between your legs. Trust me on *that*.

Jasper