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I remember seeing a video of someones work at a battery factory, and their job was putting out fires. Every 10 minutes or so, one of the batteries on a test/ch

I remember seeing a video of someones work at a battery factory, and their job was putting out fires. Every 10 minutes or so, one of the batteries on a test/charging station would catch fire, and they had a special set of grippers and fire resistant gloves to pick that battery up and drop it in a bucket of sand. Sometimes there were so many batteries on fire at once the fire started spreading to neighbouring ones and they couldn't keep up and their bucket (and the spare) got full before they could empty it out. It was eye-opening...

paulluuk 2y ago
I've been trying to find the video you're mentioning but can't find anything, do you happen to have a link?
- thehappypm 2y ago
  That's because it doesn't exist, it is anti-battery propaganda.
  - mschuster91 2y ago
    On a test rig you can reasonably expect batteries to catch fire, actually you want to know how much you can put them through - the key thing is to check if battery samples catch fire sooner than intended (i.e. specs + significant safety margin). Otherwise, you get scenarios like cheap Alibaba e-scooters, hoverboards and e-bikes catching fire from using batteries that weren't tested that rigorously.
    - jorvi 2y ago
      If you’d construct a torture test rig, you’d construct it for easy egress and probably put your fire control container right next to or below it.
    - thehappypm 2y ago
      For sure, there are many R&D scenarios where testing to failure is an important part of the process. In the manufacturing process though — not so much.
  - mihaaly 2y ago
    Watch this anti-EV propaganda instead then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfwb7yj7wA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfwb7yj7wA
sigmoid10 2y ago
If you think that was wild, try to watch some videos of what oil rig workers are doing. They earn a lot of money, but the risk they are constantly exposed to is insane.
- yardie 2y ago
  I watched a YT video of some oil workers swinging a chain around. Because that is the tool for screwing and unscrewing drilling pipe sections. Now imagine that thing gets wrapped around someone's arm or leg? And they are moving hyperfast too.

paulluuk 2y ago

I've been trying to find the video you're mentioning but can't find anything, do you happen to have a link?

thehappypm 2y ago
That's because it doesn't exist, it is anti-battery propaganda.
- mschuster91 2y ago
  On a test rig you can reasonably expect batteries to catch fire, actually you want to know how much you can put them through - the key thing is to check if battery samples catch fire sooner than intended (i.e. specs + significant safety margin). Otherwise, you get scenarios like cheap Alibaba e-scooters, hoverboards and e-bikes catching fire from using batteries that weren't tested that rigorously.
  - jorvi 2y ago
    If you’d construct a torture test rig, you’d construct it for easy egress and probably put your fire control container right next to or below it.
  - thehappypm 2y ago
    For sure, there are many R&D scenarios where testing to failure is an important part of the process. In the manufacturing process though — not so much.
- mihaaly 2y ago
  Watch this anti-EV propaganda instead then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfwb7yj7wA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfwb7yj7wA

sigmoid10 2y ago

If you think that was wild, try to watch some videos of what oil rig workers are doing. They earn a lot of money, but the risk they are constantly exposed to is insane.

yardie 2y ago
I watched a YT video of some oil workers swinging a chain around. Because that is the tool for screwing and unscrewing drilling pipe sections. Now imagine that thing gets wrapped around someone's arm or leg? And they are moving hyperfast too.