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How large was the elevator ? Scary but I wonder if you had time to react if you could shove the bike to the opposite side and maybe be relatively fine

MisterTea 2y ago
I saw the video. It was a very small car, the kind you would see in a small apartment building - something like 4 feet square or 1.25m square, if even. Basically a closet. Edit: to add it wasn't the whole bike but the battery pack itself. It was in his hand.
jchw 2y ago
Pretty small, but I'm not sure if it matters. If any battery starts out-gassing when you're in an elevator, you're probably as good as dead, because the hydrogen fluoride release will quickly cause tremendous damage to you or just flat out kill you; I doubt there's much you can do about it. So I definitely think that the moral of the story is simply never, ever take a large battery onto an elevator Maybe solid state batteries can some day give us more peace of mind.
moritonal 2y ago
The video shows the entire elevator being engulfed in fire, fumes and light. It was a small lift, but I'd doubt any part of any normal lift would have a safe spot.
zamadatix 2y ago
Here's a NSFL link of what appears to be the video for those wanting to see just how engulfing it was https://streamable.com/y47pm1 https://streamable.com/y47pm1 For those wanting to stick to descriptions: the entire elevator (albeit a smaller one) is goes from normal to completely filled with burning toxic gasses in 2 seconds. If it were a large elevator and a phone battery you could probably escape most of the damage by being at the opposite end and exiting quickly after. With a batter that large though it's a bit of a different story.
saltcured 2y ago
Being trapped in an enclosed space with something like that, which supplies its own oxidizer and burns very hot, would be a nightmare. It's like wondering if your food can retreat to the safe corner of your oven or BBQ, away from the burner. As stupid kids, my friends and I found an unused emergency road flare and played with it, outside on a sand pile, where we thought it safe. I still managed to get give myself some lung injury from inhaling a shallow breath from the invisible convection gases rising off it about 3 feet above.

MisterTea 2y ago

I saw the video. It was a very small car, the kind you would see in a small apartment building - something like 4 feet square or 1.25m square, if even. Basically a closet. Edit: to add it wasn't the whole bike but the battery pack itself. It was in his hand.

jchw 2y ago

Pretty small, but I'm not sure if it matters. If any battery starts out-gassing when you're in an elevator, you're probably as good as dead, because the hydrogen fluoride release will quickly cause tremendous damage to you or just flat out kill you; I doubt there's much you can do about it. So I definitely think that the moral of the story is simply never, ever take a large battery onto an elevator Maybe solid state batteries can some day give us more peace of mind.

moritonal 2y ago

The video shows the entire elevator being engulfed in fire, fumes and light. It was a small lift, but I'd doubt any part of any normal lift would have a safe spot.

zamadatix 2y ago

Here's a NSFL link of what appears to be the video for those wanting to see just how engulfing it was https://streamable.com/y47pm1 https://streamable.com/y47pm1 For those wanting to stick to descriptions: the entire elevator (albeit a smaller one) is goes from normal to completely filled with burning toxic gasses in 2 seconds. If it were a large elevator and a phone battery you could probably escape most of the damage by being at the opposite end and exiting quickly after. With a batter that large though it's a bit of a different story.

saltcured 2y ago

Being trapped in an enclosed space with something like that, which supplies its own oxidizer and burns very hot, would be a nightmare. It's like wondering if your food can retreat to the safe corner of your oven or BBQ, away from the burner. As stupid kids, my friends and I found an unused emergency road flare and played with it, outside on a sand pile, where we thought it safe. I still managed to get give myself some lung injury from inhaling a shallow breath from the invisible convection gases rising off it about 3 feet above.