OffGridInTheCity
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Hey Folks
I was just watching @jehugarcia building an aluminum 'box' for 18650s... -
Do you think the kind of box shown in the youtube would actually 'contain' a cascading fire event? or would it just melt thru the aluminum? or would fire melt/shoot thru the wire holes? Does anyone know how thick the metal must be?
My powerwall is exposed on 1 side (you can see it in my user id icon to the left) and I was thinking that it's in my skill set to buy aluminum sheets and angle brackets and screw them together to form boxes. Its 7000 cells, a heck of a fire if it started cascading. The 4/0 + batrium wires need to penetrate thru holes. I just don't have a sense of how thick the metal needs to be or how 'tight' the box has to be to avoid fire melting the metal or seeping out the edges or holes. If I build one, I'd like to think it could actually do the job
I was just watching @jehugarcia building an aluminum 'box' for 18650s... -
Do you think the kind of box shown in the youtube would actually 'contain' a cascading fire event? or would it just melt thru the aluminum? or would fire melt/shoot thru the wire holes? Does anyone know how thick the metal must be?
My powerwall is exposed on 1 side (you can see it in my user id icon to the left) and I was thinking that it's in my skill set to buy aluminum sheets and angle brackets and screw them together to form boxes. Its 7000 cells, a heck of a fire if it started cascading. The 4/0 + batrium wires need to penetrate thru holes. I just don't have a sense of how thick the metal needs to be or how 'tight' the box has to be to avoid fire melting the metal or seeping out the edges or holes. If I build one, I'd like to think it could actually do the job
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