Charging station for rechargeable batteries, of all kinds...

[Magnum Man]

we often hear of battery operated appliances catching fire... RC cars have all kinds of warnings on the batteries and chargers, on my Milwaukee tools ( I have a lot of them ), batteries have gotten larger and larger ( mine go to 12 amp / hour ), and now you can get Ego lawn mowers, & snow blower ( bigger appliances, with multiple bigger batteries ), and then there could be an electric car in your garage sucking on your outlet... I've recently gone smaller as well, with Li "D" cell batteries, for my back up air pumps, for my Aquariums... ( I have a back up 110 vt inverter that I can plug in my heaters & or lights, as well )... and now have AAA Li batteries as well...

then of course there are the cell phones and Lap Top computers, always catching fire on Airplanes...

as I've made the transition to "batteries" I've got an idea for a fire proof charging station... just curious if anyone else has gone this far??? cell phones are probably one of the hardest, as they typically don't have changeable batteries, so there will have to be a compromise made there, still keeping the phone close to hand... but I'm thinking about something "truck bed tool box size, and fire proof enough to contain an Li batter fire... and a few boxes, so I'm not trying to contain a battery fire, with 20 other batteries within the fire zone...

anyone want to discuss???

 

[MaloK]

I never had any problem on that side, But I insist always using Certified brand new batteries and chargers.

Thermal runaway can cause "rapid disassembly" and heat output in excess of 1000F. Heating batteries to 100F can cause a thermal runaway.

There wont be much choice besides steel... But if a thermal runaway occurs in a closed box the hydrogen, and various hydrocarbons gases released have a high risk of explosion. The danger is even greater with high speed chargers.

 

[Magnum Man]

Milwaukee has what they call "Forge" batteries, & they can be charged in half the time ( makes me nervous ) the batteries will charge on a standard charger, at standard rates... I didn't opt for the new Forge charger, as they are over $300.00 just for the charger... I did make the investment into battery Chain Saws this year, a 14 inch, & a 12 inch pole saw, and I got Forge batteries, but was assured they would charge on my regular charger... the 12 amp / hour ( the big one, for the longer bar saw ) took between 6 & 8 hours to charge, on my standard 18 volt charger...

 

[Magnum Man]

another issue, is counterfeit tools, batteries, and chargers... I end up buying the chain saws from a local dealer that sells to contractors, with the farm, I get the contractor discount there... but I had an add for Northern Tool & Hydraulics, that looked like Milwaukee, & interchanged, but was counterfeit... I would suspect these are much more prone to fires...

 

[MaloK]

I have 4 Dewalt standard chargers (instead of 1 fast, to compensate) and it take 8 hours to charge an XR5ah and 12 hours for the XR9ah

 

[MaloK]

another issue, is counterfeit tools, batteries, and chargers... I end up buying the chain saws from a local dealer that sells to contractors, with the farm, I get the contractor discount there... but I had an add for Northern Tool & Hydraulics, that looked like Milwaukee, & interchanged, but was counterfeit... I would suspect these are much more prone to fires...

I never buy any batteries that are not in an original package and even less online.

 

[Magnum Man]

I bought that inverter, that is about the size of one of the batteries, figured that would be indispensable in a power outage... 1st one of those I ever saw, was a Dewalt... mine is Milwaukee, just to keep everything the same...

 

[MaloK]

Dewalt has a very nice 1800 watt inverter that works with 4 (20 volt XR5-9ah) batteries. It's not cheap, but i've been lurking it for a while.