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Old 17th Apr 2013, 22:31
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In three hours, the battery box would probably be down to ambient temperature, or darned near it. There's only so much stored electrical energy and electrolyte in the battery, think self extinguish. You really can't "fight" a Lithium battery fire, just safely contain it until it's out. The new vented containment system should address the fire risk very well.
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